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Boston poet laureate

Ghanaian American poet and  educator Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah is Boston’s new poet laureate
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Ghanaian American poet and educator Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah is Boston’s new poet laureate
Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah still remembers hearing the first poem that moved him.
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Nearing the end of her term, Boston’s poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola reflects on her journey
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Nearing the end of her term, Boston’s poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola reflects on her journey
When Porsha Olayiwola was named Boston’s third poet laureate, she had just started her MFA program at Emerson. Still discovering who she was as a poet, she experienced some imposter syndrome at first, she admitted, but ultimately accepted the title and its associated responsibilities as a “gift.”
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