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Book Club Discussion Questions: The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis

May 3, 20223 min read

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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Book Club Discussion Questions: The Help by Katherine Stockett

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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Book Club Discussion Questions: The Voluntourist by Ken Budd

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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Poem of the Week - May 12th, 2021 - 'The Lost Woods as Elegy for Black Childhood'

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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Poem of the Week-May 5th, 2021-'It's Important I Remember that the Moral Arc of the Universe Bends-'

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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Book Club Discussion Questions: The Circle by Dave Eggers

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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Poem of the Week - January 13th, 2021 - 'Thief' by Barbara Kingsolver

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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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: 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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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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