Hybrid / Transmedia Novel · 2025 WRITING · FILM · SOUND · DOCUMENTARY ARCHIVE University of Texas at El Paso As a Terrestrial explores the figure of the “alien” at the intersection of migration, extraterrestrial imagination, and the institutional language of the U.S.–Mexico border. As a Terrestrial is a hybrid, transmedia novel that brings together narrative prose, poetry, documentary archives, screenplay, and sonic transcription to explore the border through different forms of writing, listening, and image. The project follows Magdalena, a writer who arrives in the Ciudad Juárez–El Paso region with her son and begins investigating the language used to…
