"Poetry has been an instrument of change and revolution since it existed. It is protest and defiance and celebration and a love anthem. It is how we communicate so of course it is also how we enact change."
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Poets from the United StatesMemoirists from the United StatesWomen activists from NigeriaMental health activistsWomen authors from Nigeria
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