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Art Can Only Imitate Life
“Going to Whole Foods, want me to pick you up anything?” This Tinder message— courtesy of Matt, 21—lit up Victoria’s phone, and we both immediately burst out laughing. I was visiting Victoria in her sunny California hometown, and we’d spent the day playing tourist and gorging on acai bowls. Now exhausted and uncomfortably full, we…
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Unable to Go, Not Allowed to Stay
My parents are undocumented Mexicans. They came to the United States 20 years ago with very little, and have gone back once since, 13 years ago. They crossed the border and established their lives in Porterville, California, and have raised me and my three (soon to be four) siblings here. Their lives in Mexico were…
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