
Abuelita’s Hands and other Reflections on Colonialism
Sayre Quevedo
2014-02-03
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/127703594″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&player_type=tiny” width=”100%” height=”18″ iframe=”false” /] It lives in their bodies. Just look at Abuelita’s hands. She’s winding a dirty shoelace around the joints of her fingers, bent inward, an intricate cat’s cradles. They meet in the middle of her palms, the knotted roots extending from her knuckles. Like an exotic flower reeling in...
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