Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.”I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips:the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. The words “garlic and mangoes” in this passage are

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sensory images illustrating the speaker’s island heritage.

Latina Poetry as an Expression of Cultural Heritage

Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.”I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips:the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. The words “garlic and mangoes” in this passage are

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