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Guatemala, Mi Amor (Day Two): Knocking on the Door

By First Person Foreign on March 31, 2024

I hadn’t made it to my house when I saw a familiar face on the corner. She was holding a young hand, the eldest of Doña Cecilia and I couldn’t remember the father’s name.

“Y mi wachajil?” I shouted (and my husband?) “Ya se casó. Y busca amante!” (He’s married now. And…

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Guatemala, Mi Amor: Day Two (The Return)

By First Person Foreign on March 30, 2024

I watched the driver reach for the machete with his free hand as we careened across the InterAmerican Highway. With his hand clasping the wheel, he used the machete to push something unstuck. There we were, all the souls cast as involuntary dancers to the massive bumps and dips and momentum…

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Guatemala, Mi Amor: Day One, Phoenix to Mexico to Guate to Mayan Punishment

By First Person Foreign on March 24, 2024

After much separation anxiety, I decided to leave my computer in my small apartment in Phoenix. For lack of a better term, I call Phoenix home.

As a woman living alone, and just becoming more aware of her addiction to devices, I am in a long-term relationship with my computer….

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