Poetry can unite people when all seems lost. The Conversation US has pulled together four articles from its archives that speak on the power of poetry.
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In popular films and TV shows, poetry is typically used to express human feelings. This popular wisdom chimes with findings in cognitive neuroscience about how language works.
If humans only translate what it is familiar to them, something essential is lost. The art of translation requires the permission to transcend borders and make mistakes.
It’s clear that when girls and young women are at the forefront of major social justice movements, the old structures of patriarchy and misogyny can be challenged and hopefully dismantled.
Advertisers forked over $5.5 million for a mere 30 seconds of air time during the Super Bowl. Here’s Twitter’s verdict on which brands got social media bang for their bucks.
The rise in the popularity of Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, represents a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry in the classroom.
The first national youth poet laureate in the United States taps into the power of generativity, a concept that refers to creating a legacy that lasts beyond our lifetimes to shape future generations.
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Associate Professor of Literacy, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of English, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Literatures in English, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor, Child & Youth Studies, Brock University
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Instructor, Department of English and Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Childhood and Youth Studies), Carleton University
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Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Lille
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James J. Stansell Assistant Professor of Classics and Humanities, San Diego State University
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Full Professor of Early Modern Drama, Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Bishop's University
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Phd Student in Advertising, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Teaching Professor of English, West Virginia University
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Monash Intercultural Lab and National Convenor of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network, Monash University
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Instructor of Gender & Race Studies, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Deakin University
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Professor, Department of Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Development, Bishop's University
