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Be Recorder: Poems

by Carmen Giménez Smith

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Be Recorder: Poems by Carmen Giménez Smith appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around identity & culture, the states we’re in, short stories, essays & poetry, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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