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by John Wish

I was sleeping fitfully in the oppressive, muggy heat. Around midnight, I was startled awake by the loud noise of gunfire. It seemed to come from the street. I cowered in my third-floor room, worrying what I would do if the door burst open. Finally I fell back asleep.
Early next morning, there in the dirty industrial …

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November 2010: Issue Contents

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  • Scholarships for Undocumented Students by Sacramento Friends
  • El Paso: a poem by Phyllis Hoge
  • Co-Operation and the Roots of Immigration by Becca Renk
  • From Arizona to Tamaulipas by Clay Boggs
  • Border Talk: a poem by Helen Bruner
  • Lessons on the Border by Emily Zionts
  • Ending Torture by Anthony Manousos
 
 

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