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1941 Fita was the only person who knew about Paloma going to the States. Paloma ate the secret, stuffed it in her taut belly and refused to tell Mami, Papi or Luisa. Fita knew because Fita was special. Fita was there when Paloma’s Mami spit and wept and hit Paloma fierce. Fita, she who was not family, was her closest family.
READ MOREIn half both ways...
READ MOREFirst is the house. It is large and wooden and there is smoke...
READ MOREAlong the far wall, a display of mannequin legs in athletic tights...
READ MOREHazel and her mother climbed into the car, their laughter and perfumes mingling...
READ MOREBeth misses her daughter—of course she does, a little—but the solitude is a relief...
READ MOREBy the time they drove into the forest, it was near-morning, and the little girl knew she must have been sleeping for some time....
READ MOREFor a while, I lived in a tiny, hell-hot border town in between Arizona and New Mexico. This was the summer everyone worried about me....
READ MOREMari Mejia’s pet gerbil Loca lived for six months before dying in its sleep...
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