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Amanda Gorman says the title of her 2021 poetry collection "Call Us What We Carry" came from her understanding that "we all can be vessels of both hurt and hope at the same time."

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Poet Amanda Gorman celebrates the gift of Blackness for Juneteenth

To mark the holiday, Gorman reads "Fury and Faith," a poem from Call Us What We Carry. She says her collection's title reflects how "we all can be vessels of both hurt and hope at the same time."

June 17, 2022
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  • Olivia Hampton
Poet Marwa Helal

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'Ante body' asks us to be more open to the world

In her new collection, Egypt-born poet Marwa Helal plays with language to challenge the way we approach our problems.

June 08, 2022
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  • Jeevika Verma

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In her new poems, Ada Limón argues for turning a delicate attention to the world

The award-winning poet's new collection, The Hurting Kind, is a testament to the power of sensitivity and to the reality that the world is here to both guide us and lead us astray.

May 09, 2022
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  • Jeevika Verma
Rozi Galambica in her home in Ozd, Hungary. Galambica attends university in the Netherlands.

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Hungarian Roma are translating Amanda Gorman; her poetry speaks to their experience

White European translators have hesitated to work on Gorman's poetry because of criticism that their race makes them inappropriate for the job. In Hungary, a marginalized community steps up.

January 29, 2022
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  • Joanna Kakissis
The Rio Grande is seen from the International Bridge near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border where a father and daughter drowned attempting to cross into the United States in 2019, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Oscar Alberto Martinez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, had migrated from El Salvador and planned to seek political asylum in the U.S. when they died.

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Poetry inspired by a viral photo of drowned migrants wins the National Book Award

Photos of a father and his young daughter, drowned in the Rio Grande, underlined the deadly risks of the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Martín Espada drew on them for his book Floaters.

November 18, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Sonia Sanchez reads from her book <em>Like the Singing Coming Off the Drums</em> during an NPR Music event in 2019.

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For poet Sonia Sanchez — at age 87 — there's more work to be done

For over 60 years, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez has helped redefine American culture, politics and education. She is this year's winner of the Gish Prize, a $250,000 lifetime achievement honor.

November 04, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
Memorial to poet José Martí in Old Havana

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Opinion: Free Expression Is On The Decline, In Cuba And Elsewhere

Cuba is one of dozens of countries, including some U.S. allies, using emergency powers to stifle free expression.

September 25, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
The author and her book.

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Political Rewind: Author, Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Weaves Powerful Story In Her Debut Novel

Friday on Political Rewind: The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois is a big-hearted epic leading us through the generational history of an African American family with deep roots in Georgia. Author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, a National Book Award-nominated poet, tells the story through rich characters and their family ties.

September 10, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
The state of Alabama has a new poet laureate: Ashley M. Jones is the first Black poet to claim the title, and at 31, also the youngest.

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Alabama's First Black Poet Laureate Takes A Personal Approach To 'Reparations'

Ashley M. Jones is Alabama's youngest and first Black poet laureate. Her new book Reparations Now! discusses America's history of Black oppression, and asks for more than monetary repairs.

September 08, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
<em>The Woman I Kept To Myself</em>, by Julia Alvarez

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How Julia Alvarez Wrote Her Many Selves Into Existence

The author discusses her collection, The Woman I Kept to Myself, in which she explores the many facets of her identity, from the girl who reads poetry to herself at night to the seasoned professor.

August 21, 2021
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  • Carmen Molina Acosta

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  • Book Reviews

Kaveh Akbar Pits The Self Against The Sacred In His New Poems

Words can seem infinite — but language has limits. In his new poetry collection, Pilgrim Bell, Kaveh Akbar shapes language into prayer, into body, into patchwork — but only into what can be known.

August 14, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma

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Inspired By 'The Decameron,' These Poems Are A Modern Pandemic Time Capsule

If you, like many people, are getting through the dragging months of the pandemic by being Very Online, you'll find poet Leigh Stein's new book is a perfect encapsulation of that experience.

August 12, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma

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In 'Goldenrod,' A Poet Finds Lessons In The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Maggie Smith's new poetry collection considers the human tendency to search for universal truths — but she looks for those truths in things we can see every day, as ordinary as rosebushes and rocks.

August 02, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
Adrian Matejka

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David Bowie, Travis Scott Inspired The Poems In This New Collection

Poet Adrian Matejka used to be a DJ — and when he got stuck in pandemic-induced misery, it was music that lifted him up and helped him finish writing his latest book, Somebody Else Sold the World.

July 29, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga

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Meet Oakland's First Poet Laureate: Dr. Ayodele 'WordSlanger' Nzinga

Oakland, Calif., has named its first Poet Laureate. Dr. Ayodele Nzinga — also known as WordSlanger — will serve a two-year term aimed at making poetry more accessible to Oaklanders.

July 15, 2021
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  • David Exumé
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