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Chapter & Verse Natasha Trethewey is named as the newest poet laureate

The writer is the first African-American poet laureate in almost a decade and the first Southern writer since Robert Penn Warren was appointed in 1986.
A roundup of poetry bestsellers

Five short reviews of some of today's most popular books of verse
A roundup of poetry bestsellers

Poems from a poet grounded in history – his own and that of the world.

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What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...

Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

Topic: Natasha Trethewey

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Chapter & Verse Natasha Trethewey is named as the newest poet laureate

A roundup of poetry bestsellers

A roundup of poetry bestsellers

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