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April is National Poetry Month. Here's how you can celebrate in and around DC
National poetry month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, and encourages people to pay attention to and ...
Music, poetry and joy mark the first Benjamin Zephaniah Day tribute
The dub poet, who appeared in hit BBC show Peaky Blinders, died at the age of 65 in December 2023, shortly after being ...
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Honoring Ilocandia's pioneer of poetry and women's progress
When fire engulfed the ancestral home of the de Peralta family in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2021, it destroyed ...
Local poets group Bards of Moon City publishes third anthology, hosts poetry readings
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Bards of Moon City will host a series of free poetry readings in Springfield during April.
4 new volumes of poetry that help restore nuance to our chaotic world
These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.
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Honoring Ilocandia's pioneer of poetry and women's progressEnriqueta de Peralta
When fire engulfed the ancestral home of the de Peralta family in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2021, it destroyed valuable documents, photos, and manuscripts that chronicled the life of ...
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Students and Professors on National Poetry Month: What Poetry Means and Why it’s Important
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrated across the U.S. and Canada, the observance spreads appreciation and awareness for ...
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Grammy-award winning group to headline Fayetteville's Juneteenth celebration
June 19 became a federal holiday in 2021 to commemorate the day in 1865 that Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that enslaved Black people were free, according to the National ...