Jillian Larsen (’22): Mattering Transcends Meaning In Identifying the Work vs. Identity of the Artist

Writes Jillian Larsen:

Achy Obejas is an adept poet, journalist, activist, writer, teacher, and translator. She was born in Havana Cuba in 1956, and came to the United States at the age of six. Obejas grew up in Michigan City, Indiana, then later moved to Chicago in 1979. At 39 years old, Obejas returned to Havana, to experience the island of her birth that had transpired as a figment of her imagination and integrity of self.

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