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We name the holy
For me, pastor and poet are the same vocation.
A poet’s quarrel with herself
Danielle Chapman’s lustrous memoir is at its best when she holds her family’s Confederate history up to the light.
Dillard University professor Mona Lisa Saloy named poet laureate in Louisiana
by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Aimee Nezhukumatathil shows us the worlds she sees
The poet’s collection of essays is so vivid, we can smell, hear, taste, touch, and see her rapture.
by Trish Beckman