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‘This Is the Time for Poetry’: A Conversation with Alice Walker

By Abdul Ali — 2012

The Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in moments of upheaval, the importance of women’s rights, and more.

Read on www.theatlantic.com

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What College Students Really Think About Cancel Culture

A grassroots civil-dialogue movement creates a new kind of safe space: one that invites students from across the political spectrum to discuss controversial issues, including policing, gender identity, and free speech itself.

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Jennifer Miller
2022
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Have You Ever Felt Like an Outsider?

Being an outsider can cause culture shock. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

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Natalie Proulx
2019
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How Exclusion From the Military Strengthened Gay Identity in America

Armed forces long prohibited gay people from service – but that only encouraged their communities and cause.

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Ross Benes
2016
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Gay War Veteran Speaks Out for Equal Rights in Ukraine’s Military

Viktor Pylypenko has become a role model for dozens of LGBT+ Ukrainian war veterans and their supporters since he organised their participation in Kyiv’s largest ever gay pride march.

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Margaryta Chornokondratenko
2021
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Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist

We talked to the writer about his debut memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and his move from poetry to prose.

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Nawal Arjini
2019
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Yeye Luisah Teish on Storytelling, the Global Impact of Black Panther, and Expressing Your Creative Gifts

The first thing you want is to know that you belong here, that you are a part of this planet, just like the earth and the water, the sun and the wind, and the trees.

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Phil Bolsta
2019
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