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Richard Blanco reflects on Cuba, the US & The Poetry of Reconciliation.

Amy Bloom‘s novel makes Oprah’s top 10 books of 2014!

Thanks to NYSPL Marie Howe for co-organizing the Say Something NYC Poetry Rally; w/ BFA poets Mark Doty, Cornelius Eady, Nick Flynn, Sapphire, and Patricia Smith, and others. 

We honor Josh Fox and his tireless dedication. “This is as big as it gets. We just sent an uncompromising message across the whole wide world. Celebrate.”

Jericho Brown and Claudia Rankine nominated for the NAACP award for poetry.

Poet Aja Monet explores love and courage in new video for her song Be Brave.

Donald Hall interview with NPR on his new book Essays After Eighty.

Brian Turner interviewed in The Rumpus about My Life as a Foreign Country.

Claudia Rankine on the violent deaths of black men for PBS NewsHour.

Blue Flower Arts mourns the loss of Poet Claudia Emerson (1957-2014).