Desdamona at the mic, photo courtesy the artist

April 11, 2007
—Featuring a dispatch on the future of verse in Minnesota according to four talented wordsmiths: acclaimed page poet Stephen Burt, critic and literary poet Lightsey Darst, spoken word maven Lorena Duarte, and hip-hop's poet at the mic Desdamona


What better time than
poetry month to celebrate Minnesota’s literary wealth? For this issue’s Exchange,...

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