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Poetry and Essays


ESSAY

Dear Margaret:
An Epistolary Collaboration

An intimate exchange between two poets, one writing in the present day and the other from her archival letters.



ESSAY

Poetic Kin:
Meeting Melvin Dixon



ESSAY

How To Make A Poem: The Journey from Idea to Draft



ESSAY

Margaret Walker:
“For My People”
There is lightness within
these downtrodden lives!



POETRY

God Letter: “
Do I have to dress up or can I wear jeans?" 



POETRY

Our People I: "rustle plastic bags of outside food..."



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