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Jun 05

Watch this 7th grader use slam poetry to tell girls: ‘You are good enough’

By Elizabeth Flock

Olivia Vella wanted to tell girls her age that they were talented, smart and beautiful -- no matter how often they were told otherwise.

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May 29

How to savor a perfect summer day, in verse

By Elizabeth Flock

Dungy's new collection of poetry asks us, in spite of the pain or difficulty of being human today, to find joy and vibrancy in our experiences.

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May 22

What these humble one-liners can teach us about the times we live in

By Elizabeth Flock

Yahia Lababidi said the 140 character age of Twitter has turned many of us into aspiring aphorists. And he believes the form is more important than ever.

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May 15

In ‘Scranton Lace,’ nostalgia for a time and place that no longer exist

By Elizabeth Flock

While Margot Douaihy's new book is a love letter to Scranton, she said it also acknowledges the Rust Belt's limits.

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May 08

From Trayvon Martin to Sandra Bland, these poems use court documents to honor black lives cut short

By Elizabeth Flock

The Black Lives Matter movement asks us to say the names of the black men and women who have died in encounters with police. Poet and educator Simone John wants us to also understand their stories, through her debut collection…

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May 02

Returning home, these West Virginians are rewriting the poetry of Appalachia

By Elizabeth Flock

The poetry community is growing in West Virginia. Many are poets who left and have come back home.

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Apr 24

This poet explores the high-flying realms of space — but also the earthly problems of growing up poor

By Elizabeth Flock

In his new books "Map to the Stars," Adrian Matejka writes about his childhood fixation on space, which offered a distraction from living in poverty.

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Apr 17

This Earth Day, remembering America’s vanishing farms

By Elizabeth Flock

In the United States, the small American family farm has been in decline since the 1930s. These poems celebrate and remember those disappearing communities.

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Apr 10

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What does it mean to have no homeland? This haunting poetry searches for answers

By Elizabeth Flock

By the measure of a year, Mai Der Vang was not born in a refugee camp, as her sister was. But she’s always felt pulled between different worlds. In 1981, when Vang was born in Fresno, California, her parents had…

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Apr 03

This poetry uses Mary Magdalene to explore troubles that bedevil modern life

By Elizabeth Flock

"Magdalene," a new book of poems from former New York Poet Laureate Marie Howe, who was raised Catholic, seeks to reenvision Mary Magdalene for the modern age -- and tackles some of our modern-day problems in the process.

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