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“Something Large And Old Awoke”: Ecopoetics And Compassion In Tracy K. Smith’S Wade In The Water, Kaitlin Hoelzer
“Something Large And Old Awoke”: Ecopoetics And Compassion In Tracy K. Smith’S Wade In The Water, Kaitlin Hoelzer
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Susa Young Gates Award Essay
First Place
Both historical and contemporary Black poets have used their work to identify, condemn, and suggest solutions to problems stemming from racism in American society. Indeed, as Arnold Rampersad notes in his introduction to The Oxford Anthology of African American Poetry, many Black poets use “poetry as a vehicle of protest against social injustice in America.” Art is inherently political, even when its arguments do not overtly engage in political debates. As Lorraine Hansberry argues, all art is rooted in a particular social and political consciousness. The choice is “not whether one will …
She Is As The Tree, Emily Peck
Plan B (Poetry), Madelyn Taylor
Plan B (Poetry), Madelyn Taylor
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Poetry. A young woman contemplates how an unplanned pregnancy can manifest the grace of God.
Dragonflies (Poetry), Chloe Jensen
Hallow Hallow (Poetry), Anna Salvania
Hallow Hallow (Poetry), Anna Salvania
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Poetry; experience of racism growing up
Mother Of Mankind & Of The World, Kardo Bestilo
Ana The Prophetess In The Temple, Adelia Prado
Silent Emergency To The Children Of Africa, Vera Duarte
Silent Emergency To The Children Of Africa, Vera Duarte
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
poetry
Black Woman, Noemia De Sousa
Brave, Erin Kaseda
Good Girl, Erin Kaseda
City/ What My Mother Told Her Daughter, Me, Kristin Perkins, Lexi Johnson
City/ What My Mother Told Her Daughter, Me, Kristin Perkins, Lexi Johnson
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
artwork and poetry