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Aug 174 min read

Poetry Friday (and born on this date): Charles Bukowski

NYS Writers Institute

Aug 133 min read

Born on this date: John Elder Robison, author and neurodiversity advocate -August 13, 1957

NYS Writers Institute

Aug 23 min read

Event: Community reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima", Tuesday, Aug. 6

NYS Writers Institute

Jul 293 min read

#OTD: Stanley Kunitz, the first New York State Poet, born on this date - July 29, 1905

NYS Writers Institute

Jul 222 min read

Event: National Youth Poet Laureate Stephanie Pacheco on Monday, July 29

NYS Writers Institute

Jul 114 min read

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Poetry Friday (and born on this date): Charles Bukowski

Born on this date: John Elder Robison, author and neurodiversity advocate -August 13, 1957

Event: Community reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima", Tuesday, Aug. 6

#OTD: Stanley Kunitz, the first New York State Poet, born on this date - July 29, 1905

Event: National Youth Poet Laureate Stephanie Pacheco on Monday, July 29

"To Kill a Mockingbird" published on this date in 1960