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Lee Mokobe: How Can We Make Sense Of Ourselves Through Poetry?
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Lee Mokobe: How Can We Make Sense Of Ourselves Through Poetry?

How can art be a tool to better understand ourselves and the world around us? Poet Lee Mokobe shares what it was like to grow up trans in South Africa, and how language can be a tool for change.

Lee Mokobe: How Can We Make Sense Of Ourselves Through Poetry?

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Amanda Gorman: Using Your Voice Is A Political Choice
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Amanda Gorman: Using Your Voice Is A Political Choice

Poet Amanda Gorman has often been asked to write poems that aren't "political." In her 2018 TED Talk, she explains why her writing inherently carries messages greater than her words.

Amanda Gorman: Using Your Voice Is A Political Choice

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Reality TV Inspired This Poetic Look At People And The Things They Hoard
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Reality TV Inspired This Poetic Look At People And The Things They Hoard

In her latest book of poems, artist Kate Durbin looks at modern consumerism and the way people process trauma and loss through the objects they hoard. Durbin was inspired by the A&E show Hoarders.

Reality TV Inspired This Poetic Look At People And The Things They Hoard

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A Constitutional Quirk Inspired Stacey Abrams' New Thriller, 'While Justice Sleeps'
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A Constitutional Quirk Inspired Stacey Abrams' New Thriller, 'While Justice Sleeps'

Article III of the Constitution gives Supreme Court justices lifetime appointments — but doesn't cover what to do if they become incapacitated. For Abrams, that was the spark for an exciting story.

A Constitutional Quirk Inspired Stacey Abrams' New Thriller, 'While Justice Sleeps'

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Trees Talk To Each Other. 'Mother Tree' Ecologist Hears Lessons For People, Too

Suzanne Simard is a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia. Her own medical journey inspired her research into, among other things, the way yew trees communicate chemically with neighboring trees for their mutual defense. Brendan George Ko/Penguin Random House hide caption

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Trees Talk To Each Other. 'Mother Tree' Ecologist Hears Lessons For People, Too

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Ecologist Suzanne Simard says trees are "social creatures" that communicate with each other in remarkable ways — including warning each other of danger and sharing nutrients at critical times.

Trees Talk To Each Other. 'Mother Tree' Ecologist Hears Lessons For People, Too

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