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Yōko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani (trans). Facing the Bridge. New Directions, 2007 (Facing the Bridge (New Directions Paperbook), 2007). The story of Amo was better handled than a lot of writers might have done, but my favorite thing was the riff on Anne Duden.

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.