shielded in valleys. Love, may we make this day. Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.

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Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

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A Guardian and a Thief begins promisingly, offering nuanced portraits of its main characters. On the first page, the reader ...