The guts and the skin. The innocent and the prudish. Writin… - Angelina Muñiz-Huberman

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The guts and the skin. The innocent and the prudish. Writing from the gut: about the unseen, the unknown, the absolute mystery. Not about the skin, the superficial, the visible. Do away with hot topics. Never what's expected, the facile, what sells. The prostituted.
Yes, to the individual, the unique, the shockingly rare. That terrifying thing: the other, not what is the same. (beginning of "The Guts and the Skin")

Angelina Muñiz-Huberman

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Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (Spanish pronunciation: [aŋxeˈlina muˈɲis uˈβeɾman]; born December 29, 1936) is a writer, academic, poet and professor who is Jewish and lives in Mexico.

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