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Victoria Nordgren's avatar

Tracy K. Smith has written a brilliant erasure poem (link below) using the Declaration of Independence as her source text. There are so many layers to this piece and the experience of this piece for the reader. The best art requires/incorporates risk. I appreciate the nuances you have considered when choosing to take a leap, as outlined in this essay.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147468/declaration-5b5a286052461

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Janie Braverman's avatar

XP - I'll be circling back to this post, to this conversation.

Stopped in to tell you that, and to thank you for this post. I have strong feelings and strong opinions on this topic. I'm seeing immediately a difference between Zong! and The Ferguson Report on one hand, and courtroom testimony on the other.

I wouldn't use the courtroom testimony for a variety of reasons, all based in how I feel about it, but I can make a case for using it.

Longer conversation than I have time for today.

Let me offer to you - and anyone else here who would like to - to host a Zoom discussion at some point in the future.

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