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““Magda was reading a book by a Trappist, in a better mood, and I was sitting on the edge of the bed, fingering my useless map.””

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“I used to think those were the barrio rules, Latinos and blacks in, whites out —a place we down cats weren’t supposed to go.…

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“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”

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I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that…

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“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran…

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You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree…

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“Ramfis fled the country after Trujillo's death, lived dissolutely off his father's swag, and ended up dying in a car crash of his own…

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