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Among my generation in Central America, women of the leisure class had the option of marrying or controlling their husband’s purse strings or of remaining chaste and virtuous, baking cakes for their nieces and nephews.

— Claribel Alegría speech (2006)

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In essence, all poets contribute to writing the great endless poem.

speech (2006)

Quite often I have used my poetry as a sword, and I have brandished it against my internal and external demons.

speech (2006)

Words are sensual. They seduce us and spark our imagination, but they also express intelligence and logic in constructing towers of ideals and culture.

speech (2006)

What do I hope for this next century? That the human race thinks deeply and puts aside hate, that we end all discrimination.

Interview with Bomb Magazine (2000)

It’s wonderful to read what we have now, fantastic, but don’t forget the classics. They have all the riches in the world, and they help us a lot.

Interview (2017)

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