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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

La Vaca
Look
into
her eyes
and know:
She does not think
of
herself
as
steak.

* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.

#Americans #Blacks #PulitzerPrize #Women #XIXCentury #XXCentury

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