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Deborah Paredez

Deborah Paredez is the author of the poetry volume, This Side of Skin, and the critical study, Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory. She is co-founder and co-director of CantoMundo, a national organization for Latina/o poets. She lives in New York City where she teaches creative writing and ethnic studies at Columbia University.

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Before the war, my father slid shoehorns between the lips of discount loafers and socked heels. If the shoe fits, so the story goes, the true identity of the cinder-shrouded girl is known.

Self-Portrait in Stone and Flesh

Deborah Paredez

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