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Erec Toso

Erec Toso teaches English and is working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

— From November 1993
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Setting The Borders On Desire

He looked odd, hardly lovable. His head was elongated from the pounding it had taken against a cervix that did not fully dilate. He was covered with blood and amniotic fluid. When he took his first breath, he closed his eyes and screamed. The sound, the sight of him, and the profound terror of being a parent took my breath away.

November 1993
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