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Pérez Rosario (Puerto Rican and Latino studies, Brooklyn Coll.; editor, Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration) gives a thorough and overdue examination of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos's (1914–53) work. The first book-length study written in English about the cultural icon, who Pablo Neruda once said "was called to be one of the greatest poets of the Americas," it explores themes of sexuality, migration, race, and exile in her poetry. The author also provides context for Burgos's work within Puerto Rican and Latin American history and literature, sho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More