It's Lit! Latina Novelists On Living With (And Writing In) Two Languages

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It's Lit! Latina Novelists On Living With (And Writing In) Two Languages

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Sep 26, 2021

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Isabel Allende (The Soul of a Woman) and Sandra Cisneros (Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo) tell Alt.Latino about the role of women in Latino cultures, and why you kill off the handsome male character by page 112.

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Sep 26, 2021

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It's Lit! Latina Novelists On Living With (And Writing In) Two Languages

It's Lit! Latina Novelists On Living With (And Writing In) Two Languages

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