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The Complicated Emotions of Reading a Poem at the White House

The Complicated Emotions of Reading a Poem at the White House

Joshua Bennett on Reading “Tamara’s Opus” in Front the Obamas

By Joshua Bennett | March 29, 2023

“My Aunt’s Angels”

“My Aunt’s Angels”

A Poem by Natalie Rose Richardson

By Natalie Rose Richardson | April 5, 2022

Jasmine Mans on Finding Her Voice as a Spoken Word Poet

Jasmine Mans on Finding Her Voice as a Spoken Word Poet

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 8, 2021

Amyra León on How Frida Kahlo Influenced Her to Write the Wound

Amyra León on How Frida Kahlo Influenced Her to Write the Wound

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | January 15, 2021

Reading Across America: Chicago's Artist Lounge Open Mic

Reading Across America: Chicago's Artist Lounge Open Mic

Cultivating a Literary Tradition on the South Side and Beyond

By Tara Betts | March 7, 2018

Literature Without Writing: A Survey of Texts That Aren't Texts

Literature Without Writing: A Survey of Texts That Aren't Texts

Ross Simonini on Speech, Language, and the Foundations of Storytelling

By Ross Simonini | November 13, 2017

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Danez Smith: My Grandparents Were the First Poets I Knew

By Peter Mishler | September 27, 2017

Clint Smith on Protest, Art, and Protest-Art

By Peter Mishler | February 9, 2017

What He left us

By Danez Smith | April 20, 2015