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  <title><![CDATA[My Father Was a Toltec: And Selected Poems 1973-1988]]></title>
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    <body><![CDATA[i started this in a bookstore and couldn't put it down.. there were so many poems in it that i could relate to... that sent me on a memory bliss.. meant to purchase it but never did..  i revisited the book in a future date and found the same poems no longer affected me the same way --- maybe i had h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39490621">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderfully phrased poetry that comes from a Chicana (Mexican American Female) perspective. The voice resonates as frightening and powerful despite moments of weakness that are suffered by the characters. <br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read quite a few of her individual poems before reading the entire volume. I didn't like this volume quite as much as I had expected to, but it's still excellent poetry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent collection of Ana's work.  But beware half of the book is in spanish, so unless you know the language pick up a dictionary.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ana's poetry is sensual, beautiful, and real. Must read.]]></body>
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