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	Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology by Wendy Chin-Tanner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tyler Chin-Tanner (Editor), Kenzie Allen (Contributor) 3.66 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Set to Music a Wildfire 4.59 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outside the Joy 4.56 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bettering American Poetry, Volume 2 by Amy King (Goodreads Author), Jayy Dodd (Editor), Camile Rankine (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Familiar Wild: On Dogs & Poetry by Ruth Awad (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Mennies (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Candace Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Poetry from the Midwest 2014 by Okla Elliott (Editor), Hannah Stephenson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nin Andrews (Contributor) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildness, Omnibus 2015-19 by Michelle Tudor (Editor), Peter Barnfather (Editor), Ruth Awad (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wisdom & Reverie: A Treasury of Writing From Us to You by Lend a Hand Senior Writers, Jim Kennedy, Vicki Mills 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Dirt poor, my mother describes it, though land is more valuable
than almost anything. America and its incongruent abundance:
fields of corn and the hungry in the streets. The cattle well fed.”
― Ruth Awad

tags: hunger

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