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Sor Juana, My Beloved: The Poetry, The Passion That Is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz by MaryAnn Shank

Richly layered, elegantly written, and affecting … In Shank’s lyrical historical tale, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a brilliant writer and thinker in 17th-century Mexico, finds herself caught between her artistic ambitions and the increasingly conservative forces of the…