By Tabassam Shah, Member, Poets Against Racism USA Recently, school districts across the country have begun banning books on subjects such as religion, sexuality, gender equality, LGBTQ identity, police brutality, and racism. According to a PEN America report, 1,145 books were banned by school districts in the United States between July 1, 2021, and March […]
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By Patricia Thrushart, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism USA On July 12, 2022, the Library of Congress announced the country’s new Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry: Ada Limón. She’s the twenty-fourth poet, and eighth female, to hold this position since the program was revamped in 1986. She follows two-term laureate Joy Harjo, who was the first
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By Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounders, Poets Against Racism USA A few weeks ago, Poets Against Racism USA, Poets Against Racism in the UK, and The Watershed Journal Literary Group presented Poets Against Racism: In This Together 2022. We held this second annual virtual event on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. As
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