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Four Poems by Alan Chazaro

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March 14, 2017 by author

Border Semantics
By Alan Chazaro

Human Tsunami is a phrase used by politicians to explain a wave of refugees
fleeing one
country’s coast for another. It’s a sudden crash of corpses in San Francisco; a crest
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Clipped Wings and Fearful Trills: Maya Angelou, the ’80s and the Obfuscation of African-American Poetry

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May 29, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

When Maya Angelou died Wednesday, I told a story to my co-workers that I don’t think I’ve ever told before: That in my early teens, I read my way through the Laguna Beach Public Library’s poetry … Continue reading→

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