I really related to this piece. I've always wanted to reach out to understand what it's like to be a non-English speaking immigrant in the US, but I know even less Spanish than the author. I can only smile and say hello. I thought about those encounters as I listened to this. Here the author learns a little about this man, just a little, as I would if I had the language skills.
Review of No Email from Oaxaca
Ed Neely
Posted on June 04, 2004 at 07:21 AM
I really related to this piece. I've always wanted to reach out to understand what it's like to be a non-English speaking immigrant in the US, but I know even less Spanish than the author. I can only smile and say hello. I thought about those encounters as I listened to this. Here the author learns a little about this man, just a little, as I would if I had the language skills.