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Poet creates first class for transgender poetry

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A detail you may not have known about Eric Garner blossoms in poem

Eric Garner's last words, "I can't breathe," are the backdrop for "A Small Needful Fact," a poem by Indiana University professor and poet Ross Gay.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo reads "Written by Himself" from his collection "Digest."

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo reads ‘Written by Himself’

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