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Reading Generously: Black Stories
For February’s Reading Generously column, we share stories by Black authors. Fiction, poetry, and plays, oh my!

Adjustments: A Belated Bicentenary Party for John Keats
The characters from Adjustments: a novel return for a sort of celebration in belated honor of the bicentenary of the death of John Keats.

Poet Laura: Chocolate Saves Mardi Gras
Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, spends Mardi Gras without power but offers up a chocolate sonnet after a gift from her chocolate patron.

Poets and Poems: Charles Hughes and “The Evening Sky”
The poetry of “The Evening Sky” by Charles Hughes speaks to the mortality of life and focusing on what truly matters.

Top 10 Best Lord of the Flies Quotes
Catch these top 10 best quotes from Lord of the Flies, chosen by poet Tania Runyan. You’ll be surprised by how they capture the whole book perfectly!

By Heart: ‘Blessing the Boats’ + New Elizabeth Bishop Challenge
For Black History Month, we learn Lucille Clifton’s “blessing the boats” By Heart and consider the memory of a Chilean sea.

Lord of the Flies: Poem to a Conch
Buried in the rich symbolism of Lord of the Flies, Tania Runyan finds a poem for the conch.