“I was mesmerized by Minnie’s story of the Italian cashiers, their intimate but fierce rebellion. The quietest, most docile worker could, behind her apron or her uniform, be sharpening a blade. I began to imagine all the soft, subtle weapons… — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“Her face seemed familiar yet unreal, as if I had seen her before, but in a dream.” — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“That must be something, no? To be so rich you think you can buy reality?” — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“In my earliest days of teaching I would sometimes hide behind jargon this way, learning quickly that a crowd of syllables could soothe the… — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“I saw more clearly how much power she had given me, the damage I could do, her dependence on what I chose to say.” — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“Again my eyes hurt as if they’d been blinded and gained total clarity all at once.” — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“Servitude had become a habit and posture of her body, in a way that felt painfully familiar:” — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“I was mesmerized by Minnie’s story of the Italian cashiers, their intimate but fierce rebellion. The quietest, most docile worker could, behind her apron… — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“I felt I would do a very fine job of being a vapor, for example, or a silk scarf. I would make a very… — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
“Education,” I said, “comes from the Latin ducere, ‘to lead’; and e-, ‘out of.’ ‘To lead out of,’ ” I said. With my hands I… — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
