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  Joumana Altallal
  
  Joumana Altallal (she/her) is an Iraqi-Lebanese poet, researcher, and artist who was born in Baghdad and grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work has appeared in Mizna, The Rumpus, Muzzle...
  
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  Gboyega Odubanjo
  
  Gboyega Odubanjo was a British-Nigerian poet born and raised in London. He was an editor at bath magg and Bad Betty Press, and his work includes the poetry pamphlets While...
  
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  Sahar Khraibani
  
  Sahar Khraibani is a writer, artist, designer, and educator. Born and raised in Beirut, Khraibani currently lives in Brooklyn. Their writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Poetry Project’s...
  
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  An American innovator and the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles.
  
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  A poet examines the self and the world.
  
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  Demystifying one of our greatest poets.
  
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  The different sides of Ireland's most famous poet.
  
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