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Tag: Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters The Horror in Rwanda Eastern Congo and Palestine/Israel by Alice Walker

by Myra Garces-Bacsal April 18, 2015 9
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[Saturday Reads] ‘Disturbed’ by Sacco’s Palestine – A Book Club Discussion at NIE

Myra here. Every Saturday we hope to share with you our thoughts on reading and books. We thought that itContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 5, 2014 17
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[Poetry Friday] Alice Walker’s “Overcoming Speechlessness,” Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Blood” and “We Teach Life, Sir” by Rafeef Ziadah

Overcoming speechlessness … through poetry

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