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Terrance Hayes is an American poet. His books include So To Speak, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, and Lighthead, which won the National Book Award for Poetry.
Remembering poets Lynda Hull and Michael S. Harper, with original portraits
A series of creative reflections on why Yusef Komunyakaa remains one of our greatest living writers and what it means to be a Black Jazz Poet.
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