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Poetry That Sounds Like Life: Humor, Voice, and Access
Poetry becomes more approachable when it reflects everyday language, humor, and lived experience. San Diego’s Poet Laureate, Paola Capó-García, emphasizes that humor belongs in poems, calling it a “visceral feeling,” and notes that it is not always treated as part of poetry in classrooms or conversations. She wants people to talk about a poem the…
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How Espiritismo Carries Memory Across Generations
Espiritismo traces its roots to the sacred knowledge of West and Central African peoples, carried into the Americas by enslaved ancestors between the 15th and 19th centuries. Marta Moreno Vega, Ph.D., a scholar and co-founder of Corredor Afro, explores those roots and the traditions sustained from them. Moreno Vega follows Espiritismo across a wide geography:…