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    The Books Briefing: What Stories About Immigration Reveal About America

    The beauty of fragmented, incomplete narratives: Your weekly guide to the best in books
    by Kate Cray Dec 11, 2020 2 minutes
    Source: Alex Webb / Magnum

    When he decided to write a memoir, the journalist Jose Antonio Vargas crafting a story that was particular to him while knowing that some might believe it represented a much broader narrative about immigration. In , he makes clear that he speaks only for himself. But he also fills the book with reporting on the many challenges other undocumented people

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