Conversation: "The ability to illuminate or emphasize certain aspects of a narrative is incredibly powerful in creating cultural and political change."
(Mondoweiss)
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https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/celebrating-poetry-of-the-people-an-interview-with-mohammed-el-kurd/

Review: "Though Chang’s memoir is written in letters, attaching itself to a plot with only the most delicate threads, what emerges is a picture of a woman searching for a way to use words and tangible forms to observe and reshape the world."
(LARB)
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https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/secrets-omissions-the-unknown-on-victoria-changs-dear-memory/

Profile: "At times, Jones would have to wrestle these poems into existence, laboring while seated at the desk in his Short North apartment."
(Columbus Alive)
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https://www.columbusalive.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/11/17/saeed-jones-discovers-joy-end-world/8653132002/

Report: "After 18 months of detention under Sri Lanka's draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act, Muslim poet Ahnaf Jazeem, was brought before the High Court in Puttalam on Monday."
(Tamil Guardian)
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https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/after-18-months-muslim-poet-ahnaf-jazeem-brought-high-court

Interview: "Because I came up as this Latina poet, I felt a lot of pressure to be this person that I wasn't or [to write] poetry that I didn't necessarily want to do. You know, I kind of just wanted to write horror stories."
(NPR)
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https://www.npr.org/2021/10/24/1048525863/in-dreaming-of-you-poet-melissa-lozada-oliva-reimagines-selenas-legacy