A Poem for CUNY, the School ‘That Runs Its City’
Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...
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Denizen Exclusive: Introducing Lucas Jones, whose poems will make you cry
We sit down with Lucas Jones to discuss creative expression, confrontational art, and humanity's capacity for change.
They came back to say goodbye to the school that raised them. Next month, it’s gone for good.
Former students and teachers returned to Saluda Elementary, formerly Saluda High, one last time to walk the halls before demolition begins next month.
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On Songwriting: The “Telephone Book” Size Journals of Poems-Turned-Songs Stevie Nicks Kept Since Joining Fleetwood Mac
"When I keep my journal, it’s big, like a telephone book, because I always feel that that will never get lost," said Nicks.
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Nicasio School kids reflect on Mother Earth in poems
A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson ...
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3 Habits That Help Students Understand Poetry
Using their analytical skills when interacting with stanzas for the first time helps students uncover deeper meaning in ...
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“This is a life now:” A Q&A with MFA candidate Andrew Chi Keong Yim on poetry, place, and practice
Andrew Chi Keong Yim has a fixation with place. Whether it’s in wandering the fluorescent halls of a mall or by interrogating the role that Asian Americans have in settling on native soil in the ...
Trump’s Mantra From Schools to FEMA: ‘Move It Back to the States’
President Trump justifies his plan to shutter the Education Department by saying that states should control schools. He’s ...
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Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Janae Lu to publish first chapbook this summer
Despite wanting to be a doctor at first, Janae Lu, 17, found her high school English classes much more interesting than ...