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Voices and Verses

National Poetry Month: “Benares: The Holy City” By Rukmini Kalamangalam

Posted on April 20, 2018 · Houston’s Youth Poet Laureate reads a poem set along a sacred riverfront in her hometown in India.

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Posted on January 2, 2023 · Episode: 2449 Francis Hopkinson: My Days Have So Wondrous Free and other accomplishments. Today, America’s first song.

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Posted on December 14, 2022 · Episode: 2143 In which Emma Lazarus reinvents the Statue of Liberty. Today, UH scholar Dorothy Baker tells us about Emma Lazarus.

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