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January 11, 2023

DEAR NEIGHBORS OF VIA ANTONIO BENNICELLI ##

Shon Mapp

TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE:

  1. AVOIDED EYE CONTACT
  2. LAUGHED AT MY ITALIAN-IN-PROGRESS
  3. COMPLAINED TO THE BUILDING MANAGER WHEN I LET MY DOG PEE OUTSIDE, AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, ON THE PAVEMENT
  4. IGNORED MY WIFE WHEN SHE SAID, CIAO / BUONGIORNO / BUONASERA / SALVE

WE BELONG

SM & CD
#7C

Shon Mapp is a writer and artist born in Barbados and raised in the U.S. She often explores immigrant identities, kinship, and intimacy in her works. She is the Managing Editor at Kissing Dynamite. web: www.shonmapp.com tw: @ShonMapp