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she knew early that her parents had only one asset

Su Dongpo's sigh of older age carries a tender resolve laced with measured sorrow:

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Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish AUTH-2295531 she knew early that herHere are the sights, sounds, and rhythms of Cuba, revealed in the evocative works of some of the finest Cuban and Cuban American poets of the twentieth century. In Burnt Sugar, bestselling translator Lori Marie Carlson and Pulitzer Prize winning author Oscar Hijuelos have created an intimate collection of some of their favorite modern poems, all of which are informed by cubana the essence of what it means to be Cuban. "Cuban" in this sense refers