—The horrors that Central American migrants face, caused in part by U.S. policies, when fleeing north—
The Non-fiction Feature
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
Author: Oscar Martinez
Publisher: Verso
Pages: 224| 2014
I hope, rather, that the book generates respect for these men and women, for those who have done something for their families that many of us could hardly find the strength to do.
Respect for this drive that migrants have, a drive which is stronger than the criminal cartels, a drive more powerful than the train engine and a drive more vital than any limb–a leg, for example–of our very body.
The Children’s Spot
Mama’s Nightingale
by Edwidge Danticat
“The next time we visit Mama, I do my best not to cry. I sit on her lap and kiss her whole face.
I don’t ask when she’s coming home, because she doesn’t know either.”
The Product Spot
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