“Even if [the subject matter of the poem I’m sharing] is something that someone in the audience didn't go through, they know someone who went through it. It helps them change their perception. So I really feel like this is my purpose.”
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Music has always reflected cultural, political, and social movements, but what about mental health? In recent years, many mainstream musicians have been working towards destigmatizing mental health by opening up about their own struggles – Adele, Billie Eilish, and more.
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Baltimore Sons, Dean Bartoli Smith's new collection of intense, raw poetry, shows a side of the city of Baltimore that many haven't seen up close.
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At the center of Leslie Pietrzyk’s story collection Admit This to No One loom two giant figures: a charismatic, larger-than-life, fictional Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Washington, D.C. itself.
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Carole King’s 1971 Tapestry album cover is an iconic image, with King sitting by the window of her California home, her cat, light shining in, bare feet and unfussy hair, the look of a woman deeply comfortable with herself.
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Who is Hiram Larew? Ask a scientist and you’ll get one answer. Ask a poet, and you’ll get another. Ask those who are involved in the social justice movement, and you’ll get yet another.
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The Aspen Art Museum, situated in the middle of town, is a non-collecting institution presenting the newest, most important evolutions in international contemporary art.
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Check out our holiday book recommendations—fiction, poetry, and nonfiction reviewed by DCTRENDING.
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Contemporary American painter Sonya Sklaroff is best known for her New York City cityscapes. In March of 2020, when the pandemic lockdown hit, Sklaroff’s way of life as an artist changed drastically.
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A newly released middle-grade children’s illustrated book series written by Brandt Ricca and illustrated by Matt Miller transports readers from New Orleans to dream worlds.
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he Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opened its latest exhibition, “Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.,” in its newly redesigned Visual Art and the American Experience gallery on September 10th, 2021
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A teach-in aimed to help DC-based activists connect with the Palestinian struggle
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“I didn't see any Native theatre, but I saw Native people made fun of. And so what that does to your consciousness? There's just so much work that has to be done to remove that, before you can go forward, and celebrate, and have joy.”
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“I could go to Shakespeare rehearsal [as a kid],” Sayet told me, “but I couldn't go to Mohegan language class. There was no opportunity for me to learn my language, because it was something that society has said should be destroyed.”
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“As a woman/poet of color, I have always written about social issues, primarily social justice/injustice issues. There remains much about the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises that are directly related to inequity in this country.”
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I think this has driven me to read even more and to enjoy poetry the most of all. I can still listen to poets read their words and feel tethered to the world in a way that makes me feel there is hope.
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Linda Ankrah-Dove’s poem “Hum of Silence” calls to mind the power of silence, of solitude, and the wisdom of having less instead of more.
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The City of Good Death opens with the discovery of a mysterious body by two boatmen on the Ganges river, in the holy Indian city of Kashi, where everyone knows three basic facts: dying in the holy city promises freedom from rebirth …
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“It’s easy to fall into despair, especially during a pandemic. Hope holds power. Hope reaches into the very pores of our being.”
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Now that we’ve officially passed the one-year anniversary of the pandemic beginning, it seems apt to publish a poem that explores the circularity of time, as well as the ways we find ourselves wrapped up in new activities or observations, all these odd and creative ways to pass the time.
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