Sandra Cisneros Quotes

I was reading Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, and I'm still very, very deeply moved by Gwendolyn Brooks's life and her work.

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  Sandra Cisneros
  • Reading
  • Stills
  • Moved