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Writing About Tamales in the Time of Detainment

Writing About Tamales in the Time of Detainment

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Nicholas Gill
Mar 24, 2025
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Tamales in the Time of Detainment

I want to tell you about a tamal. One that I once ate in a village in Oaxaca. It was a village like many others, with a lively market, because every village in Oaxaca seems to have one. Just outside there was a vendor, selling the tamales from a basket.

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