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The Long and Winding Road
Local poet Leslie Garcia discusses her—and by extension, her family’s—harrowing path to poetry
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Speak for Yourself
Nashville Youth Poet Laureate Haviland Whiting doesn’t shy away from the truth—and she wants other teens to follow her lead.