An insight into Gabriela Mistral

I just read one of Gabriela Mistral's poems called "The Flower of Air" and identified myself on a very personal level with it. In "The Flower of the Air," Mistral takes us by the hand so that we can experience her self-acceptance process. It is one of the most introspective poems in the book. After reading it, I

I find myself getting emotional over this journey Alice Walker takes to find Hurston. The way she talks about finally seeing the town that Hurston has such a deep connection to, even describing it in her novels, to materialize something that was once only held in your head. It makes me emotional- I think because its tangible evidence that art is