Obituary: "Al Young, a nationally renowned novelist, essayist, screenwriter, professor & poet whom Gov. Schwarzenegger appointed as the state poet laureate in 2005, died April 17, two years after suffering a major stroke. He was 81."
(Berkeleyside)
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https://www.berkeleyside.com/2021/04/21/al-young-california-poet-laureate-berkeley-ca-dies-81
Opinion: "A poem is a timeless place, an immaterial plot of land where we can gather across generations to breathe and feel, deeply and safely." —Sindha Agha
(The New York Times)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/opinion/national-poetry-month.html
Interview: "What I love about American Life in Poetry is that it presents the challenge that there is something for everyone. There is a spiritual element of poetry that takes us beyond ourselves. I want to preserve that..." (Chicago Defender)
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https://chicagodefender.com/kwame-dawes-ph-d-and-the-importance-of-poetry-in-american-life/
Feature: Mandana Chaffa discusses twelve new & forthcoming poetry collections, including work by Raymond Antrobus, Douglas Kearney, Sonia Sanchez, Arthur Sze, June Jordan, Kaveh Akbar, and more.
(Chicago Review of Books)
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https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/04/19/april-is-poetry-month/
Article: "It was a hot June night in 1943, and Frances Angermayer could not sleep. So, she arose after midnight, went to her typewriter, and — in 20 minutes — wrote what was to become the most famous poem of World War II."
(The Kansas City Star)
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/your-kcq/article250558359.html
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