"Nobody has the degrees, the historical context, to tell you you’re not someone that you think you are. Nobody has that right…"

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Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesWomen academics from the United StatesFeministsHispanic Americans
Original Language: English

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On how she views identity in “The Excavation of Identity as a Political Act: A Conversation with Helena Maria Viramontes” in Sampsonia Way (2017 Jan 24)