“Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way.” WaySpeakRealismDeclarationMagical Realism Author:Fred D'Aguiar
“To have a young person speak back, to hand him the microphone for his first-person utterances, you'd have to have an imagined architecture, otherwise people would say you're putting words in their mouths.” PeopleFirstsPersonsHandsYoungSpeakMouthsArchitectureFirst PersonMicrophonesUtteranceWise People Author:Fred D'Aguiar
“If you created a place in air where they're breathing and running around in, and then they speak in that fictional milieu, it's perfectly authenticated because the whole world relies on you, who've made it possible.” IfsWorldMadeWholeRunningSpeakAirWhole WorldMade ItBreathingRelyMilieu Author:Fred D'Aguiar