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I'm amputating you

Moments before surgery, Frida Kahlo writes to Diego Rivera

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Shaun Usher
Feb 14, 2024
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This incredible letter is from the book, Letters of Note: Love, used by permission of Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust. I’ve also included a reading of the same letter—by the magnificent Louise Brealey—that comes from the Letters of Note: Love audiobook.

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