Oct 17, 2021 | Literary Landscapes, Nebraska, Poets, Volume 6, Writers of Color
JAMES EMANUEL Alliance Public LibraryAlliance, Nebraska By Sean Stewart Alliance, Nebraska, does not remember James Emanuel. There is no plaque, no statue. His poetry is not assigned to high school students. Despite the lofty architecture of the public library and...
Sep 17, 2021 | Kansas, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Poets, Volume 2, Writers of Color
Langston Hughes Woodland ParkLawrence, Kansas By John Edgar Tidwell In the weeks leading up to August 19, 1910, all the children in Lawrence, Kansas, were aglow with excitement and energy. To honor the birthday of Editor J. Leeford Brady, the Lawrence Daily Journal...
Sep 11, 2021 | Literary Landscapes, Poets, Schools, Volume 1, Writers of Color
Naomi Shihab Nye Central Elementary SchoolFerguson, Missouri By Taylor Fox There’s a haunted feeling that comes with walking around an empty schoolyard. Barren playgrounds and darkened windows convey emptiness, dejection. It’s unnatural for playgrounds to go quiet....
