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For this episode, Brittany and Ajanae had the privilege of talking with Yona Harvey and Mahogany Browne LIVE at Furious Flower 2024!
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Elisa Díaz Castelo on vertigo, breaking a chicken, and her grandmother's advice for a good life.
Essay
By Ed Simon
She is the punk laureate of working-class Pittsburgh, and her poems are equal part protest and jeremiad.
Essay
By Joshua Weiner
A poet of the riverworld, from the St. Johns River to the Nile.
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Poetry Off the Shelf
Violeta Orozco on the US presidential election, leaving Mexico, and her connection to deep time.
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Juke
By Diane Seuss
What kind of juke do you prefer?
For me, it’s the kind with three
songs and thirty-seven blank...
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Aram Saroyan
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THE COLLECTED WORKSBy Aram Saroyan
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When we go together, what is the simple form we
make?
When we go together, what is the simple form we
make?
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I am asked a question.By Jane Hirshfield
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LaughterBy Rüştü Onur
Translated By Ulaş Özgün & Hüseyin Alhas
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BetweenBy Adam Wolfond
You make the tender parts of me
sing.
You make the tender parts of me
sing.
Poem
The SignalBy C. Dale Young
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LacaoBy Rosabetty Muñoz
Translated By Claudia Nuñez de Ibieta
Poem
Immature AnimalsBy Alafia Nicole Sessions
I did not know how beautiful we
are!
I did not know how beautiful we
are!
Poem
A rickety door, a back one or side, not stableBy Justin Danzy
Poem
WildfireBy Joan Kwon Glass
Poem
On a WalkBy Heather Christle
i calculate loss
like anyone
a fugitive to
like anyone
a fugitive to
sleeping
i calculate loss
like anyone
a fugitive to
like anyone
a fugitive to
sleeping
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CinemaBy Jessica Abughattas
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Mother Emanuel Nine: Their Influence Was WideBy Cheryl Clarke
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Mount Grace PrioryBy G.C. Waldrep
