Andrea Elliott on INVISIBLE CHILD
Poured Over
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The Work of Being Poor Is Not Even Seen
The work of being poor is not even seen. It's very misunderstood, if it is seen at all. Supreme will give a hair cut in exchange for some food. That's work. The humiliation seems unnecessary. There are so many moments of humility met with dignity and strength and power. This is what i kept seeing mith this family, that moment when jonie's ashes are tossed in the dumpster,. whichis where formerly people were cremated. Back wen auburn was a hospital, cumberland hospital, which was, by way, the very building where jonie had been born. In that same building, in such a degrading way, summed up so
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