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Aug 2, 20243 min read

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

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Jul 29, 20243 min read

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

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Jul 22, 20242 min read

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

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Jul 11, 20244 min read

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

NYS Writers Institute

Jul 10, 20242 min read

Pride Poem Contest Winner: Ennis Rook Bashe

NYS Writers Institute

Jul 2, 20241 min read

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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

Pride Poem Contest Winner: Ennis Rook Bashe

Born #OTD: Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska