STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s Department of English welcomes award-winning author Cindy Juyoung Ok, an ...

but testified to the importance of poetry and language and its influence on youth. “I was a kid who had big things going on at home, and for me to have the power and agency that I found on the ...

As a chance to hear Chang discuss her poetic process, Agu thought the event was an opportunity that couldn’t be passed up.

We deserve to be on the big stages the way stand-up comedians are,” said Des Moines poet Kelsey Bigelow. “We’re using our stories and our voices. It’s just in a […] ...