'Because We Aren’t Powerless'
A reading for Ukraine reminds us that the survival of poetry is nothing less than the survival of the human soul.
By Michael Judge
Living and working in Iowa City, Iowa, home to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the International Writing Program (IWP), I’ve attended many readings—so many I can’t count. But yesterday I attended a reading I will never forget, and one that will …
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