My first trip to Peru was made possible via the May Term study abroad program during my sojourn at Mary Baldwin which was where I made up my mind to focus on literature. I remember reading a story called The Guest by Camus, and I was much affected by it. Though I also remember that the professor asked if/pointed out that some of the author's rendering of the facial features of the "Arab" character seemed racist. Also, this was where I first read Meatless Days by Sara Suleri, when I took a course on Asian American Women in Literature, during May Term. At the time I found the language in the book to be rather difficult, and I was not very focused on it. Actually I just started to appreciate that book about one year ago. I like stories about weird grandmothers; my mother's mother was a weird grandmother.
The next May Term I did not take a course on campus. I went to Peru instead, which was absolutely the best thing I did in college.
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