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During this episode of VS, Brittany and Ajanae are joined by poet and advocate Daad Sharfi. In this episode, they discuss the reconstruction of memory, boundary setting...
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Brenda Cárdenas
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Brenda Cárdenas (she/her) is the author of Trace (Red Hen Press, 2023), winner of the 2024 Society of.... Read More
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Our Lady of SorrowsBy Brenda Cárdenas
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The first half of a 2008 reading featuring four Latino poets, as part of the American Perspectives series at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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