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Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Social Sciences
This slim work by Stavans (Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American & Latino Culture, Amherst Coll.; On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language) is difficult to categorize. Although not quite a travelog, a biography, or an essay, it certainly covers all three of these genres. Stavans, who at 50 has spent more than half of his life living and teaching in the United States, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




