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"Para cumplirle a su Virgen del naranjel--lo ha salvado de la horca--Antonio huye con dos niñas famélicas. En la selva, tan viva como un animal hecho de muchos, comienza una carta a su tía, priora del convento del que escapó siendo novicia....
"I didn't think it was possible that I could think less of straight men, but High Fidelity convinced me. This book is billed as funny; what is hilarious about a boy pawing at girls, pressuring them for sex and then spending his adult life obsessing..."
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"Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal...
"I cried when I read the prologue, but the book did not live up to the promise. It was rather disjointed, moving from his family's immigration story, to his road trips, to his students' writings, without delving deep. Yes Latino is a made up label,..."
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