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Month: December 2021

“You, Reader” by Major Jackson

Here’s a good one from Major Jackson, whom some of you will remember from the flame-lit days of the Black Arts Movement. He, like many of us, is a much better poet now, writing free, unconstrained  by the imperative of those years to make every poem about Blackness. I’m a big fan of free association.… Continue reading “You, Reader” by Major Jackson

Published December 15, 2021
Categorized as Paris Review Daily Poem

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