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Early Childhood: Cynthia Huntington's Early Adulthood

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During Cynthia Huntington's early adulthood she found comfort in writing poetry. Poetry helped Huntington cope and better understand some of her life's challenges; including sexism. Heavenly Bodies merits the award nomination because she courageously gave her unconventional perspective on sexism and sexual assault than those which are normally given in the media. Huntington portrayed her personal experienses with sexul asult in a way that readers can empathise with her pain. She was not very specific about what happened, yet she was very specific about her feelings and thoughts. She mentions “...nor can I find what is lost, even in a single day” (Huntington 11). Due to her other prior poems in the book the can tell that she is talking about

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