Poetry/ Short Stories
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By Valentina DuPont Love isn’t just passion. It isn’t just the fire we feel at the beginning. It’s what comes after.It’s built slowly, in the…
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Por Valentina DuPont Muchos piensan que el amor es esa pasión desbordada del comienzo. Pero el amor, el que se construye, el que perdura, es…
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I wrote this paper while I was in junior college, at a time when I thought things in Venezuela couldn’t possibly get worse. Venezuela is…
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A childhood story about silence, mystery, and the first time I found my voice on paper. This story was written as part of a creative…
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Written in a creative writing class at Stanford Salty and sweet,Greasy and lumpy.In Venezuela, there’s no peanut treat—It sticks to your palate and also your…
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by Valentina DuPont You want to succeed,You want to lead,While others you leave to bleed. You want to shine,You want to fine dine,While others die—I’m…
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Written while pregnant with my first child, not yet knowing I’d be a boy mom. Feeding is an act of love.There are few things in…
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by Valentina DuPont There are some moments to be celebrated — The birth of one’s child, El momento en que descubres tu verdad, when you…

