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"From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions--doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen,...
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Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"Una de las primeras cosas que le preguntas a alguien es dn̤de vive. El lugar del que provenimos deja su huella en nosotros, y si sabes leer las sęales de un lugar, sabes un poco ms̀ de una persona. Desde que Emoni Santiago se qued ̤embarazada durante el segundo ąo de instituto, su vida se ha reducido a tomar decisiones difc̕iles y hacer lo mejor posible para su hija y para su abuela. Pero elú nico lugar en el que puede olvidarse de todo es...
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Library of America ; 333
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Across a turbulent history, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. One of the great American art forms, African American poetry encompasses many kinds of verse: formal, experimental, vernacular, lyric, and protest. The anthology opens with moving testaments to the power of poetry as a means of self-assertion, as enslaved people voice their passionate...
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