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What's your favorite Latinx modern classic?
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Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia0
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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende0
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros0
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez0
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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel0
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Peel My Love Like An Onion by Ana Castillo0
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When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago0
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What's your favorite Latinx modern classic?
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