"In Latino culture the idea of the border is very contemporary. It’s very much of our world, its politics are important to us. It’s also a part of our emotional relationship to the rest of our family in Puerto Rico, or wherever, and our own relationship to roots—the land of our roots—and where we are now…"
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On the concept of the border in “Quiara Alegría Hudes: Water by the Spoonful” in Guernica Magazine (2012 Jul 2)
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