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Amber Tamblyn Chats with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón - A BUST Interview
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... us feel like we belong to her poems, and that, somehow, her poems also belong to us. Through her six poetry collections—one of which, The Carrying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry—she ...
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Created on 10 January 2023
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BUST's Perfect Fall Playlist is Here: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Big Joanie, and Other New Music to Listen To Right Now ...
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... and forever fans. Transcending place, space, and time as always, Yeah Yeah Yeahs have yet another hit on their hands. – Kathy Iandoli
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Let’s Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International) ...
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Created on 11 November 2022
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9 Books By International LGBTQ+ Authors For Present And Future Pride Celebrations
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(Books)
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... escape the violence that destroyed Yugoslavia. His novel, Crossing, a finalist for the National Book Award, follows a young Albanian boy, Bujar, and his best friend Agim, as they deal with the aftermath ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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From Rupi Kaur to Emi Mahmoud: Here Are Five Women Poets to Celebrate During National Poetry Month
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It’s the time of year when poets of all backgrounds come together and are celebrated for their work. National Poetry Month was created in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, in the hopes of uplifting ...
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Created on 09 April 2021
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
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(Feminism)
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... Fueled largely by the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association (VESA), founded in the early 1880s, the movement sent representatives to the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the Congressional ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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Remember: Queer Black Womxn Paved The Way For LGBTQ+ Rights
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(Feminism)
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... events began) Johnson was one of the leading forces in resisting the police at the famous rebellion that led to the greater LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Stonewall lead to a national call to action for members ...
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Created on 01 June 2020
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Celebrate National Poetry Month With These 5 Collections
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Founded in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month has been celebrated each April to honor the power of this particular form of literature. The ability to express the human condition ...
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Created on 07 April 2020
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"American Indian Stories" Showcases Zitkála-Šá's Wo
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... the course of her life. Born in 1876 on South Dakota’s Yankton Sioux reservation, she went east for an education and became a leading advocate for Native American rights. She co-founded the National Council ...
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Created on 24 October 2019
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Fiery Feminist Writer Staceyann Chin Makes The Personal Political On BUST's Poptarts Podcas
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(Poptarts)
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... national. And the first full-length collection of her poems, Crossfire: A Litany for Survival is out now. In this episode of BUST’s Poptarts podcast, she takes us inside her extraordinary immigrant’s journey ...
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Created on 07 October 2019
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Pussy Riot's Nadya On How To Resist Trump: BUST Intervie
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(Feminism)
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... “Mother of God, become a feminist”—led to an arrest that reverberated worldwide. Pussy Riot became an international cause celebre when three of its members—including leader Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, aka ...
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Created on 24 March 2017
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10 Things We Learned From Starting A Female Dating Collective
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(Sex)
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... collected over 100 international submissions for our growing anthology, and we have many big plans for the year ahead. With it being a new year, we decided to share some of the valuable lessons we’ve learned ...
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Created on 31 January 2017
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BUST's Top 20 Books Of 201
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(Books)
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... ages, races, nationalities, genders, and sexualities. She also uses magical realism to imbue each story with a folktale quality, evoking the dark, threatening Brothers Grimm type of fairytales, not the ...
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Created on 09 December 2016
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Alice Walker, Author Of 'The Color Purple,' Answers Your Questions During Live Strea
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... at 5:30 EST and learn more about the highly lauded author, poet, and activist.
Images via Alice Walker's Facebook page
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8 Women Poets You Need To Know About For National Poetry ...
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Created on 06 May 2016
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8 Women Poets You Need To Know About For National Poetry Month
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This April is the 20th National Poetry Month, and what better way to celebrate than by curling up with a good book? While most of us can name at least a few women in the field, here’s a list of contemporary ...
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Created on 25 April 2016
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7 Books We're Reading Right No
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(Books)
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... Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Oyeymi takes readers from Spain to England to the Czech Republic and across generations, ages, races, nationalities, genders, and sexualities. She also uses magical realism to ...
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Created on 01 April 2016
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'A Sky The Color Of Chaos' Tells The Story Of A Haitian Childhood: BUST Intervie
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... to write once you started?
I started writing A Sky the Color of Chaos in Dan Wakefield’s workshop at Florida International University. I was familiar with many forms of nonfiction—from news articles ...
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Created on 20 January 2016
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UK Takes On New Law To Protect Girls From FGM
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(General)
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... measures to be taken, including mandatory medical examinations for at-risk girls (which would require an address for FGM-related check-ups).
According to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), more ...
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Created on 29 October 2014
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A Feminist You Should Know: Spotlight on Mwende Katwiwa!
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(Feminism)
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... Katwiwa is 22 and double majoring in Political Economy with International Perspectives, and African & African Diaspora studies. Originally from Kenya, she came to New Orleans after graduating high school ...
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Created on 22 February 2014
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Amber's Poetry Month Contest
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(General)
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... Once the submission period has ended, Amber Tamblyn will choose the winning poem to be published in the August/September 2011 issue of BUST Magazine and seen by over 80 thousand international subscribers. ...
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Created on 01 April 2011
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TONIGHT Actress Amber Tamblyn comes to STRAND
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Get Slammed at the Strand
FREE!
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Come help BUST celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of spoken word by the top female performance poets.
Hosted by :
Cristin O'Keefe ...
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Created on 29 April 2010