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    Dear Achiro

    by Achiro P. Olwoch Aug 16, 2021 4 minutes
    Photo by Mason B. on Unsplash

    DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Migrant Writers, is a PEN America workshop series for young undocumented and migrant writers. This week we excerpt an anthology of their work.

    Dear Achiro,

    The year is 2021, and I have so much to tell you that I know I cannot cover in just one letter. I will begin with the shocking things. First of all, you are fat. Really fat, like four times the size that you are right now. Seriously, it is not a joke. Then, you are a lesbian. Can you believe it? Yeah, the reason you do not like having sex with men is not because that man violently raped you, it is because you prefer

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