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Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
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Gabriella Mistral: A Poem About Love
I didn't know very much Spanish when I started reading her. My friend, Deanna Bellassi in Argentina, sent me some selected mistera. And so I labored into it with my Spanish dictionary, and I just fell in love. There isn't anybody likemistera. She's very individual. It's an awful shame that Neruda, who is the other Chilean that got the Nobel, gets all the attention. You sort of struggle to keep the women in the eye of the men. The strange rhythm he has is wonderful.
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