The Life Assignment by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado

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The Life Assignment by Ricardo Alberto MaldonadoThe speaker of the poems in The Life Assignment is reviewing his history. As if combing through a box of photographs, the speaker sorts through relationships, trying to discern what was healthy from what was exploitative. Concepts of love are turned over and over in these poems: romantic love, love of family, love of country, self love (or lack thereof). Often the speaker finds that what at first appeared to be caring was insincere all along. When

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