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Gary Soto Research Paper

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Gary soto was born on April 12,1952 was raised in Fresno California. When he was a kid he worked in the fields of San Joaquin Valley. Gary Soto father died when he was only Five year old. Soto says that he had no one to motivate him as a child so his work ethic wasn't good in school. Until he found Poetry in high school.
Gray soto went to Fresno City College and California State University, where he earned his B.A degree in English in 1974. He did his studying with poet Philip levine. He did his graduate work in poetry writing at the University of California,Irvine. Where he was the first Mexican-American to earn a M.F.A (Master of Fine Arts). Gary Soto was a professor at at University of California, Berkeley and at University of California,

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