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ADA Awareness Month Highlights

ADA Awareness Month Highlights

July 26, 2020 marked 30 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities navigating all spaces of life including jobs, transportation,... Read More
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Our ADA Advisory Board: Why does poetry matter?

Our ADA Advisory Board: Why does poetry matter?

In honor of National Poetry Month we asked our ADA Advisory board: Why does poetry matter to you? Here are their answers. Poetry, important poetry, places us where we belong while so... Read More
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Poetry as Pilgrimage: The Unreal City from Celia Bland

Poetry as Pilgrimage: The Unreal City from Celia Bland

This summer, the New York Times Book Review ran an article titled “Does Poetry Matter?”  In it, David Orr stated that “poetry is the weak sister of its sibling arts.”... Read More
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The Mad Hatter of Poetry by Donald Platt

The Mad Hatter of Poetry by Donald Platt

This summer, the New York Times Book Review ran an article titled “Does Poetry Matter?”  In it, David Orr stated that “poetry is the weak sister of its sibling arts.”... Read More
Posted on By Hannah Neace