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Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country by Cristina Rivera Garza
5.0
Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country by Cristina Rivera Garza (translated by Sarah Booker)
(CW: murder, violence, sexual assault)
This was a terribly sad read but also, really beautifully written and necessary. Garza tends to many topics in these essays, but they all surround the idea of horror and grief in Mexico and in the borderlands - femicide, state violence, and the COVID19 Pandemic among others. Garza does not mince even the most brutal words or imagery, instead she makes us face them because only when horror is visible to others can anything be done about it. This was fantastically done. Highly recommend.
5/5⭐️
(CW: murder, violence, sexual assault)
This was a terribly sad read but also, really beautifully written and necessary. Garza tends to many topics in these essays, but they all surround the idea of horror and grief in Mexico and in the borderlands - femicide, state violence, and the COVID19 Pandemic among others. Garza does not mince even the most brutal words or imagery, instead she makes us face them because only when horror is visible to others can anything be done about it. This was fantastically done. Highly recommend.
5/5⭐️