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Part I - Shifting Coordinates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2025

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Latinx Literature in Transition, 1992–2020 , pp. 23 - 132
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  • Shifting Coordinates
  • Edited by William Orchard, Queens College, CUNY
  • Book: Latinx Literature in Transition, 1992–2020
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