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'This Work Will Take Dancing:' Poems by Andrea Beltran and MJ Santiago

by Andrea Beltran and MJ Santiago January 7, 2019December 3, 2020

In our last installment of This Work Will Take Dancing, our series highlighting work from Latinx writers living in the South, we share poems from Andrea Beltran and MJ Santiago that take us across time and space, from natural disaster to mythmaking.

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'This Work Will Take Dancing:' Two Poems by mónica teresa ortiz

by mónica teresa ortiz November 26, 2018April 7, 2021
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'This Work Will Take Dancing:' Poems by MJ Santiago and Andres Rojas

by MJ Santiago and Andres Rojas November 12, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing:' Poems by Amanda Rodriguez and Steven Leyva

by Steven Leyva and Amanda Rodriguez October 22, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing:' Poems by Maria Esquinca and Maria Vargas

by Maria Vargas and Maria Esquinca October 15, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Poems by Alex Quintanilla and Christopher Martinez

by Alex Quintanilla and Christopher Martinez October 8, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Poems by Maria Lucas and Ariana Brown

by Ariana Brown and Maria Lucas October 1, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Family Poems by Steven Leyva and Guillermo Cancio-Bello

by Steven Leyva and Guillermo Cancio-Bello September 24, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Poems by Emily Perez and Aline Mello

by Aline Mello and Emily Perez September 17, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Poetry by Andrea Beltran and Iliana Rocha

by Andrea Beltran and Iliana Rocha September 10, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Two Poems by Ariel Francisco

by Ariel Francisco September 3, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Prose and Poetry by RJ Robles and Lauren Espinoza

by Lauren Espinoza and RJ Robles August 22, 2018December 3, 2020
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'This Work Will Take Dancing': Two poems by Iliana Rocha and Aline Mello

by Iliana Rocha and Aline Mello August 9, 2018December 3, 2020
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"This Work Will Take Dancing": Introducing a Collection of Latinx Poetry from the Southern U.S.

by Suzi F. Garcia August 7, 2018November 16, 2022

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