Whitman and Hughes, together, remind us of the American promise.
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Holding America to Its Ideals
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Use Poetry to Teach American Civics
Poetry can be used to teach core American values, which we need at the moment more than ever.
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Lit for Understanding the Biden Voter
To understand “the Joe Biden” voter, start with August Wilson’s “Fences.”
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We All Sing America
Between them, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes do a good job of defining America.
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Whitman & Hughes Hear America Singing
Today, for July 4, I offer up two ultra-American poems. Walt Whitman embraces multitudes” in “I Hear America Singing,” and Langston Hughes, in an addendum, mentions some of those Americans that, in the past, have been forgotten. May we all remember that America is astounding in its willingness to open itself to all people.
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