Which excerpt from "A Poem for My Librarian Mrs Long” best supports the conclusion that books gave the poem’s speaker a sense of comfort and hope during her childhood? A. There was a bookstore uptown on gay street Which I visited and inhaled that wonderful odor B. Even today I read hardcover as a preference paperback only As a last resort C. And up the hill on vine street (The main black corridor) sat our carnegie library Mrs. Long always glad to see you D. But no lions or witches scared me I went through Knowing there would be Spring

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.