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Poetry Jan 21

How the public domain offers new life to these poetry classics

By Lora Strum

Poetry Jul 03

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Kevin Young intertwines personal and public history in ‘Brown’

As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, "Brown," Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider…

Poetry Oct 16

Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward for Violet Magazine by Nicole Nodland
This poem shows what sexual abuse looks like

“From One / who says, ‘Don’t cry. You’ll like it after a while,’” she writes. “And Two who tells you thank you / after the fact and can’t look at your face.”…

By Elizabeth Flock

Poetry Sep 18

A resident of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands surveys his home on September 16, 2017, almost two weeks after Hurricane Irma wrought havoc to the island. Now, the islands are under hurricane watch as Hurricane Irma approaches. Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan
Why U.S. Virgin Islanders feel there’s no place they belong

Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a “battered wasteland” where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. Now, the islands are under…

By Elizabeth Flock

Poetry Jul 03

Fireworks explode over the Lincoln and Washington Monuments as Independence Day is celebrated in Washington July 4, 2014. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters
This poem grapples with America’s complicated identity

"I think of the U.S. as an adolescent country. It's not the old, wise European country, or very young either, it's somewhere in the middle," poet Dorianne Laux says.

By Elizabeth Flock

Jun 19

Have we been taught poetry all wrong?

By Elizabeth Flock

Poet Matthew Zapruder say that we are too often asked to find the "hidden meanings" in poems, as if a poem is a riddle.

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Jun 14

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For newly named U.S. poet laureate, the power of poetry is opening ourselves to others

By PBS NewsHour

Tracy K. Smith, a writer and teacher, is taking on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Smith to discuss how language can be a tool of revelation, her reflections on race in…

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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 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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