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Poem titles reference themes ranging from Disney and Greek mythology to internet slang and even Lana Del Rey songs, such as “Lessons in Hot-Boy Demonology,” “I Would Die for Y— Oh, j/k lol ...
Free copies of Amanda Goreman's poem "The Hill We Climb" were handed out by a Miami bookstore this week. It's a way advocates are pushing back against efforts to ban books in Florida's public schools.
A collaborative video poem by participants in the festival workshop, Risograph Animated Poetry Workshop with Zine Hug, set to Dao Strom’s poem “POEM OF POEM TITLES FOR ‘DAYS OF THE WEEK’”.
And her complaint didn’t just single out one poem, she claimed that five titles in the school’s library weren’t age appropriate. Three other titles were also restricted from the elementary ...
Staff members at Bodacious Bookstore & Café, an independent bookstore in Pensacola, Florida, say that when they were instructed to remove LGBTQ titles from the shelves, some refused, while others ...
American poet Amanda Gorman reads her poem "The Hill We Climb" during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County last month issued restrictions for elementary-aged students on three books and one poem after a parent objected to five titles, claiming they included topics that ...
The poem, which has been published as a short book, will now be accessible only to middle school students at the pre-K through eighth grade Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, Florida.
Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem Banned — Along with 3 Race-Related Books — at a Miami-Area School "The Hill We Climb," a now-famous poem written and recited by Gorman at Biden's 2020 ...
This is, in one way, conveyed by the poem titles. We are at the genesis of the world in "Pangea," and later "Looking at a Photo" or at "Zoom School with a Toddler." Still, ...
Amanda Gorman is speaking out after access to her inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb" was restricted at a K-8 school in Florida.. The 25-year-old poet, who read her poem at President Joe Biden's ...