How can poetry set you free? Slide down our National Poetry Month series rabbit hole with Shani Mootoo’s phenomenal response to the query: “Discussions about, and answers to big questions, […]
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How can poetry set you free? Can poetry be a safe space? An act of protest? What about both? For our National Poetry Month query, River Halen gets personal about […]
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How can poetry set you free? Adebe DeRango-Adem continues our National Poetry Month series with a message on how poetry’s voice can move us to necessary action. Read her far […]
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How can poetry set you free? The next voice in our National Poetry Month series belongs to Daniel Sarah Karasik. They astutely examine the way in which poetry can be […]
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How can poetry set you free? Author Kate Cayley answers our National Poetry Month series question with a query of her own: can poetry’s request for our acute attention be […]
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How can poetry set you free? Our National Poetry Month series continues with a response by Therese Estacion on how poetry reflects the most vulnerable parts of our humanity and […]
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How can poetry set you free? The second response in our National Poetry Month series comes from author Hasan Namir who explores freedom from a lens of self-discovery and self-actualization. […]
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How can poetry set you free? Shannon Webb-Campbell starts off our National Poetry Month series with mesmerizing words on the magic of poems. Prepare to be swept away: “Poetry is […]
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Hello friends! My name is Miriam and I have been welcomed on as a Spring placement at Book*hug! It is my final step in completing the Centennial College Publishing Program […]
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Happy National Poetry Month everyone! In 1985, Audre Lorde published her well-known essay on poetry, “Poetry is Not a Luxury.” Short but powerful, the essay speaks on the act of […]
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