RENOVATION
SPOKEN WITHOUT WORDS: ASL Poetry Slam in the Daily Good
–by Great Big Story, Jun 09, 2022 in the Daily Good
PAPA
Fostering Curiosity: Professor Elizabeth Bradfield’s life as a naturalist and poet
By Kennedy Ryan April 4, 2022 BrandeisNOW
Elizabeth Bradfield, professor of creative writing, is the author of five poetry books.
Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on US quarter as treasury begins distribution
National Women’s History Museum – the American Women’s Quarters
In Disguise
For half an hour, The Kuklapolitans brought us together; my father and neighbor kids who would pile in around the 12” Zenith.
Remembering Poet Laureate Ella V. Costner
by Frances Figart in The Great Smokey Mountains Association
Not long ago, I got a voice message from Carol Treiber, a member of Great Smoky Mountains Association, saying that she had read a story…
APPALACHIA (APP-a-LATCH-a)
Stilts
For my 6th birthday, my Father made them of scrap wood—two by fours, both four feet long, with chocks of wood to stand on.
EASTER 1946
She studies a photo. In Sunday-best, the family layered up the front steps, eyes unseeing. Her son encased shoulder to foot in his Daddy’s army jacket.
Julia Alvarez – Contemporary Author
Julia Alvarez was born in New York City on March 17, 1950, the second of four daughters. Three months later, her parents returned to their native Dominican Republic after a self-imposed exile from G…