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Marcus Bruce Christian: “I am New Orleans” and “The Masquerader”
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Sexploitation, Politics, Anger, God, and Happiness: Poems by Gerald Kithinji...
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Audre Lorde: poemas traducidos (1962-1973)
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Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez: “February Song” and “Living Nature”
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Maxwell Bodenheim: poemas: “Para mi enemigo”, “Para un hombre”, “Para alguien...
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