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What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn’t make it worse. Not being open about it doesn’t make it go away. And because it’s true, it is what is there to be interacted with. Anything untrue isn’t there to be lived. People can stand what is true, for they are already enduring it.

By Eugene Gendlin
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Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England

Dawnland Voices calls attention to the little-known but extraordinarily rich literary traditions of New England’s Native Americans.

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Siobhan Senier
2025
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The Art of the Metaphor - Jane Hirshfield

How do metaphors help us better understand the world? And, what makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to life. Lesson by Jane Hirshfield, animation by Ben Pearce

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Jane Hirshfield
2012
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I Praise My Destroyer: Poems

In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman combines her deep understanding of the world with her immense passion for language to craft richly sensual poems that “honor all life/wherever and in whatever form/it may deal.

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Diane Ackerman
2025
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Amanda Gorman: Using Your Voice Is a Political Choice

For anyone who believes poetry is stuffy or elitist, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman has some characteristically well-chosen words. According to Amanda, poetry is for everyone, because at its core it’s all about connection and collaboration.

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Amanda Gorman
2019
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