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							<title>Melissa Coss Aquino&#8217;s New Novel Centers on Latina Sisterhood in the Bronx</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sofía Aguilar]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 18:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Puerto Rican educator and author Melissa Coss Aquino knows the power of storytelling and the significance centering Latinx culture and characters. Her debut novel, released April 4, Carmen and Grace follows the lives of the book&#8217;s titular characters who are more like sisters than cousins, bonded by a childhood of neglect, addiction, and instability, and later,]]></description>
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