This essay is dedicated to Fred Ho, a teacher and muse in my life.
Allow me to begin, as I always do when writing an essay, by stating that I am not an academic. You will not find the word Ibid or a single footnote. If you don’t understand something, I trust that you will conduct your own [...]
“Raza Linda, ya volví
me fue muy bien por allá
surge otra dimensión
ya no soy de acá
There’s tristeza/there is joy
pero ya todo acabó…
hay que empezar otra vez,
life has just begun…”
- From raúlrsalinas’s book, Un Trip Through the Mind Jail y Otras Excursion: Because I Should (Una Breve Escape a Las Tierras Indias, for Elda)
Please do not [...]
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