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Miami: City of Refuge, a project of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College, is made possible by the generous financial support of the Knight Foundation. The project’s mission is to provide a safe haven for persecuted writers. In January 2010, the Center welcomed the first Miami: City of Refuge writer-in-residence, Chenjerai Hove, a native of Zimbabwe forced into exile nine years ago.Learn more about Chenjerai Hove at www.miamicityofrefuge.org

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Spring 2010 Reading Recommendations

First Year in College
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni
Chitra’s latest novel, The Palace of Illusions takes readers back to the time of the Indian epic The Mahabharat—a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical. Through her narrator Panchaali, the wife of the legendary five Pandava brothers, Divakaruni gives us a rare feminist interpretation of an epic story.

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First Year in College
Arranged Marriage by Chitra Divakaruni
Chitra’s first collection of short stories presents several portraits of women caught between two cultures and two worlds. In these stories she addresses a wide range of issues such as racism, interracial relationships, social classes and economic disparities that contribute to a deeper understanding of today’s Indian society.

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