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Poetry Everywhere: “One Boy Told Me” by Naomi Shihab Nye

By Naomi Shihab Nye — 2009

Naomi Shihab Nye reads her poem "One Boy Told Me." Part of the Poetry Everywhere project airing on public television. Produced by David Grubin Productions and WGBH Boston, in association with the Poetry Foundation. Filmed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival

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Bipolar Disorder and The Arts: Mark Vonnegut's Story

Despite our growing awareness of mental health conditions, the relationship between creativity and mental illness is often misunderstood. Dr.

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2020
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The Art of the Metaphor - Jane Hirshfield

How do metaphors help us better understand the world? And, what makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to life. Lesson by Jane Hirshfield, animation by Ben Pearce

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Jane Hirshfield
2012
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An Indigenous Spoken Word Artist Explores the Word “Indian”

Mitcholos Touchie, or A Mind With Wings, is a Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ/ Nuučaan̓uɫ artist from a small village on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. He joined us for our Spoken Word residency in 2017. While here, he performed one of his pieces that explores the nature of the word “Indian.

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2017
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Imagination and Creativity