Native American poetry anthology vibrates with powerful voices

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo serves as lead editor of this new collection, which showcases a range of poems as vast as the continent. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-09-16 19:52:14 UTC ]
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Centering LGBTQ Voices on Faith

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What hip-hop bling reveals about American status anxiety

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Why American Novelists Need to Not Just Keep Up With But Also Overtake Reality

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Barbara Ehrenreich, author who challenged American Dream myths, dies at 81

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