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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Naomi Shihab Nye
Born: March 12, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother. Although she calls herself a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.
Known for:
- 19 Varieties of Gazelle (2002)
- A Maze Me (2005)
- Habibi (1997)
- Words under the words (1995)
- Sitti's Secrets (1994)
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