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Tag: Essay

The Corrido of El Cabe

April 3, 2014 unsettlers

“The corrido (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈriðo]) is a popular narrative song and poetry form, a ballad. […]It derives largely from the…

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La Llorona: The Twelve Evictions (Essay)

January 24, 2014 unsettlers

The First Eviction: Memory Once upon a time, long before the Mission was El Barrio and a hipster incubator, it…

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Breaking Bland in the Mission

September 1, 2013 unsettlers

It is 7 a.m. in The Mission. Dogged Latino migrants carve the pavement to the bus stops. Obdurate homeless undock…

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Street Food

June 1, 2012 unsettlers

First Published in n+1, issue 14, Summer 2012 The camotero used to come out at night to sell roasted sweet potatoes…

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