"Ntozake Shange’s words told me that poetry was important to the world, and I—a young person making minimum wage and barely able to afford a loaf of bread—believed her..."

This week's newsletter is on the power of poetry and includes a link to my latest essay, about the poet Ntozake Shange: https://tthorncoyle.substack.com/p/the-power-of-poetry

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