"Gypsy Lover" in Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist (1992)
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She could drop her shyness the way she dropped it to recite a speech or a poem, then step back into it like a cloak.
— Kathleen Alcalá
What It Means
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About Kathleen Alcalá
Kathleen Alcalá (born 29 August 1954) is the author of a short story collection, three novels set in the American Southwest and nineteenth-century Mexico, and a collection of essays.
About Kathleen Alcalá
Kathleen Alcalá (born 29 August 1954) is the author of a short story collection, three novels set in the American Southwest and nineteenth-century Mexico, and a collection of essays.
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