{"title":"Sixteen Rivers Press","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"plagios-plagiarisms-volume-3","title":"Plagios\/Plagiarisms, volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/itascabooks.com\/products\/plagios-plagiarisms-set-of-3?_pos=4\u0026amp;_psq=plagios\u0026amp;_psid=3640af602\u0026amp;_ss=e\"\u003eSet of all 3 volumes for $45.00\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUlalume González de León's poetry explores the ephemeral nature of identity and its dependence on the ever-shifting ground of language. In the 1970s in Latin America, Gonzalez de Leon was part of a generation of women writers challenging the traditional identities of women, marriage, and relationships. 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