Poem of the Week - May 12th, 2021 - 'The Lost Woods as Elegy for Black Childhood'
Poet: Derrick Austin Poet Background: Today we have a poet with a Wisconsin connection! Derrick Austin is an award-winning poet hailing...
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Andy Kristensen
May 5, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week-May 5th, 2021-'It's Important I Remember that the Moral Arc of the Universe Bends-'
Poet: Cortney Lamar Charleston Poet Background: Charleston, born in Harvey, IL, was raised on the South Side of Chicago and parts of the...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 28, 20216 min read
Poem of the Week - April 28th, 2021 - 'Leave It All Up to Me'
Poet: Major Jackson Poet Background: Jackson, an award-winning poet and essayist, was born in 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 21, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - April 21st, 2021 - 'The Afterlife' by Billy Collins
We have a lot going on this week at the Brown Deer Public Library (we just opened up our *BRAND NEW* library to the public, and we’re...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 14, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - April 14th, 2021 - 'Grief Dream' by Carol Muske-Dukes
Poet: Carol Muske-Dukes Background: Muske-Dukes, born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1945 and raised in Forest Lake, Minnesota, is the author...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 7, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - April 7th, 2021 - 'Easter' by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Poet: Jill Alexander Essbaum Background: Essbaum, born and raised in Bay City, Texas, is a poet, novelist, and editor. Educated at the...
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Andy Kristensen
Apr 2, 20216 min read
Book Review - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Young Adult books are not my usual cup of tea. For whatever reason, I never really got into the genre when I was a teenager, or...
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Andy Kristensen
Feb 19, 20215 min read
Essay Collection Review: 'Nothing is Wrong and Here Is Why' by Alexandra Petri
Title: Nothing Is Wrong And Here Is Why Author: Alexandra Petri Themes/Subjects: Satire, Politics, Socioeconomics, Race Relations,...
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Andy Kristensen
Feb 12, 20217 min read
Short Story Collection Review: 'The Awkward Black Man' by Walter Mosley
Title: The Awkward Black Man Author: Walter Mosley Themes/Subjects: Race, Self-Sufficiency, Science Fiction, Oddness, Familial Relations,...
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Andy Kristensen
Feb 5, 20217 min read
Essay Collection Review: 'The Inner Coast' by Donovan Hohn
Title: The Inner Coast Author: Donovan Hohn Themes/Subjects: Hoarding, Family Trauma, Family Relations, Teamwork, Ice Canoeing, Climate...
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Andy Kristensen
Feb 3, 20213 min read
Poem of the Week - February 3rd, 2021 - 'Are you in the mood?' by John Kenney
Hello, readers of the ‘Poem of the Week’ posts! Just wanted to give you all a heads up--over the course of the next three weeks, we here...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 29, 20216 min read
Poetry Collection Review: How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons' by Barbara Kingsolver
Title: How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) Author: Barbara Kingsolver Themes/Subjects: Self-Help, Travel, Inwardness, Loneliness,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 27, 20218 min read
Poem of the Week - January 27th, 2021 - 'Disenchanted Corpse' by Margaret Atwood
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of one of the biggest writers of the past forty years: Canadian novelist, poet, essayist,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 20, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week - January 20th, 2021 - 'Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop' by John Murillo
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of one of my new favorite poets, John Murillo. Murillo’s work, similar to many other poets...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Un-American By Hafizah Geter
Title: Un-American Author: Hafizah Geter Themes: Self-Identity, Faith, Racism, Cultural Identity, Trauma, Family, Immigration, Queerness,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 13, 20216 min read
Poem of the Week - January 13th, 2021 - 'Thief' by Barbara Kingsolver
The poem for this week’s installment of ‘Poem of the Week’ comes from an author who is better known as a fiction writer—Barbara...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 8, 20214 min read
Poetry Collection Review: The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed
Title: The Malevolent Volume Author: Justin Phillip Reed Themes: Self-Identity, Queerness, Violence, Racism, Protest, Horror, Mythology,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 6, 20215 min read
Poem of the Week - January 6th, 2021 - 'Dog Park' by Brandon Brown
For this week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ feature, I’m turning to a poet that many people haven’t heard of, but one whose poems have struck me...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 30, 20205 min read
Poem of the Week - 12/30/2020 - '& even the black guy's profile reads 'sorry...' by Danez Smith
For the last ‘Poem of the Week’ feature for 2020, I decided to pick a poem from one of my new favorite poets I happened to stumble upon...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Ballistics by Billy Collins
Title: Ballistics Author: Billy Collins Themes: Love, Death, Solitude, Youth, Aging, Sense of Place Three Words to Describe the Poems:...
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