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National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month: Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops,...

Read and Write

I’m a word nerd. I know, it’s not a big confession. I started 1st grade in post-Salazar Lisbon. I remember walking with my mother in the city, and trying to read the campaign ads glued to the fronts of the buildings. I read everything that came in front of me. We didn’t have cold cereal...

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