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It's hard to write something so emotional and true and keep it brief in the amount of time you wrote it in. Many levels of complexity.Thanks, but Mike Madrid wrote it. It's a substack. I became aware of him because he's a friend/collaborator of Gustavo Arellano... another superb observer/writer on the human condition.
https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22644Gustavo now writes for the LA Times...and he emails his weekly "Canto" that link to his substack. It's a treat to get his Cantos in my Saturday email. Always -always - something off the wall. Food/Music/Politics/Literature.
https://gustavoarellano.beehiiv.com/p/natalia-moli... February 7th, 2026 | Read Online
Canto CDXLIII: MacArthur Genius Profe Natalia Molina Hangs Out!
Or: Random Cool People I Know