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Poem of the Week - December 23rd, 2020 - 'Córdoba' by Eduardo C. Corral

Dec 23, 20204 min read

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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Poetry Collection Review: Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral

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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Poetry Collection Review: The Wendys by Allison Benis White

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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Poem of the Week - December 16th, 2020 - 'Testimony (For Tamir Rice 2002-2014) by Hafizah Geter

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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Book Review: What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era - Carlos Lozada

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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Poem of the Week - December 7th, 2020 - 'The Fateful Day' by Fremont Sawade

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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Book Review: How To Make A Slave and Other Essays - Jerald Walker

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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Book Review: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

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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Poem of the Week - November 30th, 2020 - 'Portrait of Estelle Degas' by Allison Benis White

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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Poem of the Week - 11/23/2020 - 'When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving' by Reginald Dwayne Betts

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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Poem of the Week - November 15th, 2020 - 'in broad dayliGht black moms look grieving' by Roya Marsh

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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Poem of the Week - November 8th, 2020 - 'WebMD' by John Kenney

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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Poem of the Week- November 1st, 2020 - 'Cemetery Ride' by Billy Collins

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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