"They are standing up and they're crying…and their emotion is coming from all the emotion we're experiencing collectively."
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Academics from the United StatesPoets from the United StatesCartoonists from the United StatesGuggenheim FellowsHispanic Americans
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On his young readership in “Juan Felipe Herrera On Poetry In Tough Times” in NPR (2017 Apr 12)
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