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"Keeper of the Fire" traces decades of work creating and preserving Latino culture in San Francisco—and featuring the city's poets.

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He got my point, and for the next hour, we continued our conversation, hopping from travel tales to cultural quirks, all the while keeping an eye on the beverage cart. I was getting high on orange ...

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John Keats, a beloved Romantic poet, transformed profound personal suffering into timeless art. Despite a tragically short ...