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I want comida

28 Feb 2014

We read English and Spanish versions of “Good Hotdogs,” a very Chicago poem by Chicago-born writer, Sandra Cisneros. We reflected on favorite special foods and the sense-memories of eating them. Room 322 <b>Red Tamales […]

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