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Guests | May 2, 2012

Julia Alvarez: IMG Chichiguas



I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of... Continue »
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    A Wedding in Haiti

    Julia Alvarez 9781616201302

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Voices (Annals of the Western Shore #02) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Voices (Annals of the Western Shore #02)

adamrocketblack, February 17, 2010

A wonderfully crafted novel that transports us to a land familiar and new. Filled with complex characters and rich motivations. This book is the answer to the readers' and educators' question, "How to mirror the complexity of modern people, characters, motivations and life: without just reveling in "darkness" and "edgie-nes" which has long lost its "edge" over a decade ago?"
A coming of age story where truth conquers violence;
and the greatest power is revealed to be the one in words...
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