We are what we remember and we understand heritage and belonging through our own passion to remember. Home is a living scrap-book of memory that we c… - Marjorie Agosín

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We are what we remember and we understand heritage and belonging through our own passion to remember. Home is a living scrap-book of memory that we carry as we move about, as we remember the vanquished and their respective passions and sorrows. Memory can never reside in abstraction. Memory must be cemented into concrete, must be worn like a dress, must be lived in like a home of differing levels, textures, and colors.

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About Marjorie Agosín

Marjorie Agosín (born June 15, 1955) is a Chilean-American writer.

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Alternative Names: Marjorie Agosin
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