“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…”

—  Quiara Alegría Hudes

On the concept of the border in “Quiara Alegría Hudes: Water by the Spoonful” https://www.guernicamag.com/water-by-the-spoonful/ in Guernica Magazine (2012 Jul 2)

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