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  "description": "El Paso is a heartfelt, beautifully written tale that manages to connect the city's history to that of her family's, other migrant families and the dynamics of immigration woven deeply into the fabric of the United States. I knew so little of this history and it was refreshing to learn about it — I knew El Paso in the abstract. The name, Beto O'Rourke, At the Drive-In , the shooting at the Walmart, I knew these things, but I didn't know what made the city what it is. Jazmine Ulloa manages to weave the micro in with the macro as she touches on the lives of historical figures, her relatives and the broader story of immigration. It's a narrative woven such that its elements are inseparable because they are, in fact, that — it's simply a question of the story being properly told. The United States is a country of immigrants, within it El Paso is a city of immigrants. It's deeply beautiful, often tragic and a history that's still being written. Ulloa centers people and through them tells a story rooted in struggle, politics, journalism and shared humanity.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9780593471869/el-paso",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "journalism",
    "politics",
    "history",
    "nonfiction"
  ],
  "title": "El Paso"
}