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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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