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"My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And t..." — Jessica Hagedorn
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.
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View AllI have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful term that's just been used so much, we don't know what it means anymore.— Jessica Hagedorn
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