Book Club Discussion Questions: The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Mar 1, 20223 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Help by Katherine Stockett
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Voluntourist by Ken Budd
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Andy Kristensen
May 12, 20219 min read
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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Elise
Apr 20, 20215 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Circle by Dave Eggers
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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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
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 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
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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