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Colombian Author is Also Food Market "Delivery Guy"
by Kathleen Horan
NEW YORK, NY April 23, 2008 —The city sponsored Immigrant Heritage Week last week but really in New York it's possible to mark the immigrant experience and its effect every day. Writer Joaquin Botero is originally from Colombia. His book "El Jardin en Chelsea" describes working at the Garden of Eden food market on 23rd Street.
WNYC's Kathleen Horan talks to writer Joaquin Botero. His latest book was published in Colombia. He plans to keep writing, and hopes to find a way to become a legal citizen.
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