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COMMENTARY: PEN Oakland Entices: When the News is Bad, Try Poetry
Strongman politics is not for the weak. Here in the U.S., Donald Trump is testing how strongman politics could work…
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What We Do for Art and Democracy
I’m in New York again for a return engagement of Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor,” his new play on…
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Trailblazing Poet and Literary Luminary
Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on June 27, 1872, emerged as one of the most influential Black poets in American literature.…
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