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Feb 02

Feminist poetry is having a renaissance. Here are 3 poets to watch

By Jennifer Hijazi

Feminist poetry is flourishing -- particularly for women of color.

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Jan 15

This Salvadoran poet writes to humanize the immigrant story

By Patty Gorena Morales

Javier Zamora began writing poetry as a teenager after a wave of national protests over immigration reform. Zamora’s poems piece together the strained but inherent connection between the U.S. and El Salvador, and aim to shed light on the immigrant…

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Jan 08

After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican poets ask again what it means to belong

By Jennifer Hijazi

For artists who are both New Yorkers and Puerto Ricans, the concept of identity is fluid and complicated.

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Jan 02

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How poet Rupi Kaur became a hero to millions of young women

By PBS NewsHour, Jaywon Choe, Elizabeth Flock

Rupi Kaur, one of Instagram’s favorite poets, writes about love, heartbreak and womanhood. She speaks to Jeffrey Brown about her rise to fame and her message for young women.

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Jan 02

Listen to Rupi Kaur, one of the most popular poets in the world, read her work

By Elizabeth Flock

Listen to Rupi Kaur read from "The Sun and Her Flowers," which has sold a million copies since its release in October, and her first book, "Milk and Honey,"…

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Jan 01

This New Year’s poem honors ‘the wrong roads we’ve taken’

By Jennifer Hijazi

Jimmy Santiago Baca wrote the collection, “Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande” in 2004 after living on the banks of that river. Every morning, he ran through snow, rain and mud in a ritual that he called a spiritual experience.

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Dec 29

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The practical reasons to welcome poetry into our lives

By PBS News Hour

Whether it’s simply to enliven our day or help us bear a heartache, great poetry can add balance and beauty to our over-connected and over-tweeted lives. Stephen Kloepfer offers his humble opinion on ow poetry elevates our lives.

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Dec 21

Watch 3:33
Turning silence on police shootings into poetry

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Hip-hop is the soundtrack to poet Marcus Wicker's daily life, and his love for the music comes out naturally in his writing, which addresses topics like the violence perpetrated against black bodies. Wicker offers his Brief but Spectacular take on…

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Dec 18

This poet gives voice to the violence along the U.S.-Mexico border

By Jennifer Hijazi

Poet Sasha Pimentel says she writes to give voice to violence “so unseeable, so irreconcilable it hurts so much to say.”…

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Dec 15

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How poetry can help kids turn a fear of literature into love

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Literature can be daunting for some young people, so how can we create a culture of avid readers? Poetry can be a non-threatening alternative introduction for fledgling bibliophiles, giving them more “white space” on a page without losing narrative elements.

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