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Page Turner, Art Editor Artemis Journal

Jul 24th, 2023 28m

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Susan Saandholland, Artist

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Nikki Giovanni, Poet

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From Harlem rooftops to the drumbeats of the Congo, the poems in "The Women and the Men display in full measure the gifts that have made Nikki Giovanni one of the most important, appealing, and broad-reaching American poets: her warmth, her con

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Annie Waldrop, Multi-Media Artist

Jan 14th, 2023 32m 45s

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Betty Branch, Sculptor

Dec 30th, 2022 34m 4s

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Bill Glose, author

Sep 20th, 2022 27m 30s

Many war books have been written the horrors of combat. All the Ruined Men explores how difficult and confusing it can be afterward to come back home. All the Ruined Men is a book of linked stories that show veterans struggling to adjust to civ

Donnie Secreast, Artemis Literary Editor

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May 23rd, 2022 31m 42s

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Steven Kenny, Artist

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Beth Macy, Award-winning Author Dopesick

Feb 4th, 2022 36m 50s

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