![]() ![]() There’s a clear divide at the plant between those who work in the back and those who work in the front. ![]() “Paris,” for instance, tells the story of Red, a woman who works on the line at a chicken processing plant. This exploration of how people navigate life on the margins is what weaves each story in the collection together, particularly as Thammavongsa explicitly considers power dynamics.Ī handful of stories set in the workplace quietly highlight the insidious, crushing nature of hierarchies based on race, class, and gender. She wants to tell her father that some letters, even though they are there, we do not say them, but she decides now is not the time to say such a thing. ![]() What else she would have to find out for herself. As she watches her father eat his dinner, she thinks of what else he doesn’t know. ![]()
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