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Letters About Literature: Dear Maya Angelou

Posted by: Matt Blakley

The following cross-post was written by Erin Allen and originally appeared on the Library of Congress blog. Last month, the Library announced the 2016 winners of the Letters About Literature contest, a national reading and writing program that asks young people in grades 4 through 12 to write to an author (living or deceased) about how …

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“To Find Our Larger Self”: An Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera

Posted by: Matt Blakley

As a follow-up to the publication of “@ the Crossroads—A Sudden Poem”—written by our Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and originally published as part of the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series on July 10th—Poetry and Literature Center Head Robert Casper conducted an interview over e-mail with the Poet Laureate. — The U.S. Poet Laureate is not required to write …

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“@ the Crossroads—A Sudden American Poem” by 21st Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

Posted by: Matt Blakley

A quick post to enclose the below, which was written by our Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and originally published as part of the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series yesterday, July 10th. @ the Crossroads—A Sudden American Poem Juan Felipe Herrera, 1948 . RIP Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Dallas police officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, …