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LITTLE CAMBRAY TAMALES by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWO POUNDS OF MESTIZO CORNMEAL
Last Line: FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS %AND YOU'LL SEE HOW TASTY IT IS
Subject(s): FOOD AND EATING; HUMAN RIGHTS;

Poem Sources:

FROM THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIENCE; AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  FLATTLEY, KERRY & WALLACE-CRABBE, CHRIS (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
WOMAN WHO HAS SPROUTED WINGS; POEMS BY CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN POETS.
  CROW, MARY (ED.)
  (1984)
 
THE PARIS REVIEW, #108, FALL/88
  (1988)
 
WOMAN OF THE RIVER. D. J. FLAKOLL (TR.)
  ALEGRIA, CLARIBEL
  (1989)
 



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