In the Face of Gentrification
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08/11/22
Former Bread Loaf Fellow Cleyvis Natera’s debut novel, Neruda on the Park, is a portrait of how gentrification impacts a Dominican family in New York City. Natera spoke to Electric Lit on what she learned from working on the same book for more than a decade.