Poem of the Week - December 23rd, 2020 - 'Córdoba' by Eduardo C. Corral
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of a Yale Younger Poets Prize winner, pulled from his recently released second collection...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 22, 20202 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral
Title: Guillotine Author: Eduardo C. Corral Themes: Immigration, Self-Identity, Violence, Queerness, Love, Nationalism, Racism Three...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 18, 20202 min read
Poetry Collection Review: The Wendys by Allison Benis White
Title: The Wendys Author: Allison Benis White Themes: Sorrow & Loss, Violence, Loneliness, Partnership, Self-Identity Three Words to...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 16, 20205 min read
Poem of the Week - December 16th, 2020 - 'Testimony (For Tamir Rice 2002-2014) by Hafizah Geter
For this week’s poem of the week, I chose a poem from a collection released this year by an up-and-coming poet by the name of Hafizah...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 11, 20206 min read
Book Review: What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era - Carlos Lozada
Short review: In What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Poem of the Week - December 7th, 2020 - 'The Fateful Day' by Fremont Sawade
In honor of the 79th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, this week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of a man who...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 8, 20207 min read
Book Review: How To Make A Slave and Other Essays - Jerald Walker
Short Review: How To Make a Slave and Other Essays, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and the first essay collection by writer Jerald...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 4, 20208 min read
Book Review: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Short Review: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw’s fictional debut, is a powerful, gritty, and enduring collection of...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 2, 20205 min read
Poem of the Week - November 30th, 2020 - 'Portrait of Estelle Degas' by Allison Benis White
The ‘Poem of the Week’ for this week’s edition is one that is rather different stylistically and visually than past weeks’ poems, but...
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Andy Kristensen
Nov 25, 20206 min read
Poem of the Week - 11/23/2020 - 'When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving' by Reginald Dwayne Betts
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of Reginald Dwayne Betts, an up-and-coming poet whose most recent collection, Felon, sent...
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Andy Kristensen
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Poem of the Week - November 15th, 2020 - 'in broad dayliGht black moms look grieving' by Roya Marsh
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of a rising star in the poetry world, a poet, performer, educator, and activist named Roya...
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Andy Kristensen
Nov 11, 20204 min read
Poem of the Week - November 8th, 2020 - 'WebMD' by John Kenney
This week’s poem of the week is much simpler, and that’s the way the poem’s author meant for it to be. “WebMD” is a free verse poem...
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Andy Kristensen
Nov 4, 20205 min read
Poem of the Week- November 1st, 2020 - 'Cemetery Ride' by Billy Collins
For the inaugural edition of the ‘Poem of the Week,’ a new weekly feature on the Brown Deer Public Library staff blog, I’ve decided to go...
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