"We women treasure faces; in fact at any given moment life becomes a single face that we can touch with our lips."
— Elena Poniatowska

January 1, 1970

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People from ParisNon-fiction authorsFeministsWomen authors from FranceJournalists from Mexico
Original Language: English

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"State of Siege", included in A Necklace of Words: Short Fiction by Mexican Women edited by Marjorie Agosín and Nancy Abraham Hall, translated from Spanish by Nancy Abraham Hall