[5] In 1964, she married Guillermo Hernández and they immigrated to the United States so that he could study at the University of California at Berkeley.
[2][6] They divorced in 1970 and she started taking classes at the University of California at Berkeley, where she earned her BA degree in comparative literature.
Corpi's ear for Latino rhythms and her feminist leanings produce some original and highly charged narrative moments.
But plot still matters...Although careful readers might anticipate the solution and wish for a few more suspects, Corpi expands the genre with this work of small triumphs.
"[11] Kirkus Reviews was critical of Cactus Blood, calling it, "A well-nigh impenetrable mystery full of stilted dialogue, murky scene-setting, wild poetry, and furious evocations of the 1973 grape boycott and 1989 Oakland earthquake",[12] while Publishers Weekly wrote: "Corpi writes convincingly about Gloria's attempts to interpret her visions and does a fine job depicting decent people handling dangerous situations.