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In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first African-American poet ever to be published. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Column: Poetry now: why today’s world makes poetics shine

By Christian Snyder, Assistant Opinions Editor August 29, 2017

I remember the first time a line of poetry caught me by surprise. I was sitting in the Cathedral of Learning mouthing the words of Ross Gay’s poem “catalog of unabashed gratitude” to myself. The...

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