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Margarita Engle Struggles

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Margarita Engle's Margarita Engle grew up in Los Angeles but started a strong relationship with her mother's homeland in cuba over the long summers she spent there. She was trained as a botanist and agronomist before becoming a full-time poet. And she now lives in Central California, where she enjoys hiding in the wilderness to help train her husband’s search and rescue dog. Engles influenced society and promoted cuban life through her works The poet slave of cuba, The surrender tree, and drum dream girl. Engles text The Poet slave of cuba brought awareness to the everyday life of a slave in cuba. This book talks about Juan Francisco Manzano who was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early
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