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Poet Raymond Antrobus's parents didn't realize he was deaf until he was 7 years old. /Suki Dhanda hide caption
Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi, seen here in 2019, is one of four women on the Afghan government team holding peace talks with the Taliban. Pavel Golovkin/AP hide caption
Fawzia Koofi On Afghan Peace: 'We Want To See This War End Tomorrow'
Writer Jackie Wang's debut poetry collection is called The Sunflower Cast A Spell To Save Us From The Void. Nightboat Books hide caption
With Sunflowers As Her Guide, Poet Tunes In To Dream Life For Debut Collection
The inauguration kolam project is "not just a welcoming of a new administration. It's this idea that so many people came together with all of their stories," says Sowmya Somnath, one of the organizers. Apostolis Ventouris/Tony Ventouris Photography hide caption
In D.C., A Traditional South Indian Welcome Awaits Joe Biden And Kamala Harris
Poet torrin a. greathouse Tarik Dobbs hide caption
Poetry Escapes The Beauty Bind In 'Wound From The Mouth Of A Wound'
Sarah McBride of Delaware, Jenifer Rajkumar of New York and Mondaire Jones of New York. McBride: Jason Minto/AP Rajkumar: Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Mondaire Jones: Kathy Willens/AP hide caption
William Shakespeare's First Folio is displayed at Christie's auction rooms in London earlier this year. The book was published in 1623 and contains 36 of Shakespeare's plays. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Shamarr Allen performs during the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 50th Anniversary at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2019 in New Orleans. Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage hide caption
Vivek Shraya's new novel The Subtweet chronicles a friendship between two musicians — both brown, both women — that implodes under the pressure of online life. Vanessa Heins hide caption
The Poetry Foundation's Ydalmi Noriega says poetry is more than just "dead men walking by a pond in the 19th century." Peter Wynn Thompson/AP Images for the Poetry Foundation hide caption