Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore." The poem’s political ... of course, will come and steal the Statue ...

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The singer-songwriter’s sparest songs tend to be not only the most emotionally unsparing, but points of unexpected climax.

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Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

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