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Alison Granucci -- Lectures Readings Illuminations
Illuminations
Expectant; or, American women are more likely to die in childbirth than women in any other developed country and black women make up fifty percent of those mortalities
When I reached St. Peter, he was too small
to crawl. I introduced myself
as someone’s mother,
and he consulted his big Book of Roles.
Stand there, said Peter, pointing
to the line with all the other hopeless
mothers.
But, I said, I’ve been there all along.
The woman in front of me had been reading
Lamentations for hundreds of years.
I needed to hear my baby breathing, but couldn’t
over all her tears.
Give me a ribbon, said Peter,
who sucked the silk. read more »
Speaker News
The Guardian
Former U.K. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion says newly appointed Simon Armitage, "knows where the heffalump traps are."
Washington Post
Review of Richard Blanco's How to Love a Country: [Blanco] wrestles with the contradictions of American history.
BBC
Newly appointed United Kingdom Poet Laureate Simon Armitage elected Oxford College honorary fellow.
Ms. Magazine
Tina Chang and Elizabeth Acevedo's latest titles included in May 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us.
Hybrida
Happy pub day to Tina Chang's latest poetry collection Hybrida, an examination of mixed-race identity rendered through the lens of motherhood.
