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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is the author of But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise (Red Hen Press), a slice from the cake made of air (Red Hen Press), and Personal Science (Tupelo Press). She teaches in the MFA program at UMASS Boston. 

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‘@Tubman’s_Rock

    People also ask     what is Harriet Tubman most famous for?   
Flying bondsmen on French leave steal away
    They drove Emmett Till toward Money, Mississippi
Behind enemy lines   
    our Moses   never lost a passenger      
People also ask   why is Harriet Tubman   important   to the world?   
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

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