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Tag: poetry

Posted inArts

 Immersive Art Gallery ARTECHOUSE Opens Afrosurrealist Exhibit

by Kayla Benjamin, Special to The Informer July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

Nestled between a fancy hotel, a Starbucks, and the Social Security Administration building sits another world entirely—one where ten-foot-tall African masks glide past floating buildings, and the silhouettes of goddess-like […]

Posted inLatest News

Poet Amanda Gorman Writes on Robb Elementary Massacre

by Jamila Bey May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
DC SCORES’ Charity Blackwell (left) and Jerry Chamberlain, a student from Kimball Elementary School, in New York City shortly before the pandemic started in 2020 (Courtesy photo)
Posted inLifestyle

Amid Battle for OST Programming Support, DC SCORES Fills the Gap

by Sam P.K. Collins April 6, 2022April 6, 2022
Gwendolyn Brooks
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

‘No Blue Memories’ Salutes Poetic Genius of Gwendolyn Brooks

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 29, 2020December 21, 2021
Tracy K. Smith
Posted inLifestyle

New Poet Laureate Challenges Humanity to Empathize

by WI Guest Author July 12, 2017October 31, 2020

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