So to Speak Summer 2011

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ELIZABETH HARLAN-FERLO

The Book of Ruth (Venezuelan Border Translation) They came for her father but he wasn’t there so they reached for the daughter, María José. The mother said to the men from the jungle, si llevan la niña mi llevan a mí. Do not press me to leave you Or to turn back from following. Perhaps, she later told the reporter, to avoid getting into a loud shouting match, they kidnapped us both.

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