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Name: Dominicanish
Author: Josefina Baez

A non linear expression of our nonlinear life;language acquisition with soul, beyond ESL; poetic and nonsensical texts tapping into unofficial stories and undocumented history; an eclectic use of symbols, times and places;a language create by/to/for migration.

First publish date: 2000

Authors: Josefina Baez

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