by Mary Vuk I never entertained the idea of just becoming a writer and writing a few poems and publishing a few books. To be a poet meant being a cultural worker or cultural ambassador. One embraced politics while advocating the importance of love and brotherhood. It was what took one into school classrooms, community […]
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A Long, Hot Summer of Peace
by Jim Loew After four-year-old Jasmine Owens was killed in front of her home by a stray bullet this past May, many Milwaukeeans were fed up with the random violence seemingly all around them. People were outraged, yet many felt helpless. What could they we do? One of the answers to that question […]
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Latina Poets at Woodland Pattern: Juarez, Death and Fairy Tales
by Mary Vuk Two award-winning U.S. Latina poets, Valerie Martínez and Emmy Pérez, will read at Woodland Pattern, on Saturday, August 11 at 7 pm. Martínez was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is associate professor of English and Creative Writing and director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Santa […]
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