"Rumi loved people, not because of what they did or showed, but because he saw the little flame in their heart that waits to be illuminated, " she said.

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Now, an old flame has the country's heart.

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Gogol's scenes light up their surroundings, his characters flame into life, his tragicomic vision touches the reader's heart.

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Grew up in Hoboken, part of the Latino community that got its heart burned out in the eighties, tenements turning to flame.

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