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How poet's dream of being published abroad came true

Moraa with a copy of one of her poetry books. [Courtesy]

Scholastica Moraa could not hide her joy when she received information that the Italian translation of her poetry collection, Sometimes Love Lives Here, will be coming out in June.

"This publication is done in Italy but I'm definitely going to order some copies so I can put them on my bookshelf and cry," she wrote on her Facebook page. "I'm lying. I will order so that I can see and believe like the Thomas I am. It still feels like a dream."

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