With a Star in My Hand: Rubn Daro, Poetry Hero | 
In the author‘s note, she describes the Nicaraguan poet‘s life, the subject of this book. Rubén Darío (1867-1916) appears to have had a tremendous impact on Latin America and in his home country, #Nicaragua. #foodandlit @catsandbooks
“This loss of words must be the first shock faced by every immigrant.” 😢
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“But truth is never popular with corrupt leaders who rely on lies.”
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My next book for #foodandlit is by a Cuban poet about a Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario
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pickRuben Dario “is known as the Father of modernismo, a literary movement that blended poetry and prose, complex rhymes, assonance (vowel rhymes), and free verse, as well as classical European and indigenous Native American images.” (From M. Engle‘s author notes) HF in verse
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#RushAThon Day 31
