Detroit in two tongues
Tagged: book, Detroit, latina, Michigan, ProfessorPosted on: January 24th, 2007“If theres a weakness in Chocolate City Latina, Esperanza Malave Cintrons first collection of poems from a large publisher, its that the best poems are so well-hewn that weaker ones appear weaker than they really are. A fault of editing, not of the author: At 103 pages, the book feels a bit long. With that caveat, praise goes to the skill, scope and keen imagery Cintron brings. Shes a professor of creative writing at Wayne County Community College in Detroit, and it shows in her understated but flawless command of diction:”
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