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Kevin Young and Deborah Garrison Discuss “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker”

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploring Hope and Despair in Poetry

This chapter explores how poetry captures and expresses the complexities of human emotions, particularly the interplay between despair and hope. It highlights the transformative power of poetic language and concludes with a celebration of a poem that embodies this duality, offering a hopeful resolution.

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