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  • Archive for October 18th, 2007

    Poem: “After Challenging Jennifer Lee to a Fight” (me, the bully version?)

    Thursday, October 18th, 2007

    This poem, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, was sent to me in e-mail today by a friend
    After Challenging Jennifer Lee to a Fight
    I hesitate, because what would my father say? My aunts in India
    are swathed in sarees, glass bangles and crimson nails.
    Their perfect ropes of hair, oiled and glossy black, never
    betray them to the wind or the […]