In May, I wrote a column about Boots, the street poet, whose work appears stenciled along Seawall Boulevard and on sidewalks ...

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I've been writing poetry since I was 7, and these are my top 5 poetry books that have gotten me through hard times ...

With this book, my goal is to depict often little known actual historical events as accurately as possible, immersing the ...

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