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Remember the humanity of immigrants, this poet urges

By Jennifer Hijazi

Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation.

When imagination is a child's only refuge, 'that's not a happy ending'

By Jennifer Hijazi

In “Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child,” a poet imagines how a child who's been neglected and abused finds escape in her own mind.

One poet's take on what is still missing from Pride

By Jennifer Hijazi

Poet Hieu Minh Nguyen says stories like his are often left out of the “visible” Pride experience.

How a poet purges all of the men who didn't keep promises

New York-based poet Whitney Greenaway shares her Brief but Spectacular take on letting go.

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How Zora Neale Hurston captured the poetry of African-American folklife

By Jennifer Hijazi

A long-lost manuscript by the famed author is finally being published.

The poet laureate wants you to read this poem

By Jennifer Hijazi

"There is so much noise in our culture. So many frantic, angry, unreliable voices.... Poetry is an antidote to that."…

A poet's love letters to the outdoors

By Jennifer Hijazi

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes a love letter to the planet in her latest poetry collection "Oceanic."…

In a Florida prison, a poet grapples with power and oppression

By Corinne Segal

In poet Eduardo Martinez's work, power is a trap; being ruled by it is a trap, and wielding it is, too, a dynamic that he said he confronts every day in prison.

To Arizona's first poet laureate, 'the border is what joins us'

By PBS News Hour

Across his life, Alberto Rios has seen enormous changes throughout the U.S.-Mexico border region, and its culture and language have shaped him as a writer. Now as Arizona's first poet laureate, Rios has a platform for his "poems of public…

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