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Poetry Tuesday! for Carnivores

My friend Isabel prepares a turkey in la colonia Emiliano Zapata in San Cristóbal de las Casas

For this week’s Poetry Tuesday!, I caution you to proceed at your own risk. I live with a Tzeltal woman named Isabel–my good friend and mentor and one of the founders of FOMMA, the Mayan women’s theater collective I am fortunate to know very well. Isabel doesn’t eat meat very often but when she does, [...]

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Meet and Greet with Emiliano Zapata

La colonia Emiliano Zapata in San Cristóbal de las Casas

A few weeks ago, I moved to Emiliano Zapata, a colonia on the northern edge of San Cristóbal de las Casas—and I couldn’t be happier. After crossing the arroyo on uneven wooden planks, you arrive at my house, hidden, like so many of the most charming places I know, behind a battered grey wall. I [...]

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