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Gina Bruno

Gina Bruno: On the Phone

June 9, 2014 by PBQ

From my bedroom I heard a thick wad of papers slap the linoleum floor in our kitchen. My mom’s voice followed, a hiss-scream that said, “This fucking country.” It was a crisp October afternoon and my mom had just come home to a letter from United States Immigration. I looked across the space that separated […]

Filed Under: Contributors 89, Fiction, Fiction 89, Issue 89 Tagged With: Contributors 89, Fiction, Fiction 89, Gina Bruno

Gina Bruno

June 9, 2014 by PBQ

Gina Bruno sees culture as the one force that can simultaneously bring humankind together while ripping it apart. More importantly, it gives life texture, color, and all the unique elements that make life worth experiencing. “On the Phone” is based on real events in the author’s Colombian-Italian family and seeks to communicate the unspoken tensions, […]

Filed Under: Contributors 89, Issue 89 Tagged With: Contributors, Contributors 89, Gina Bruno

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