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The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions From Twenty Poets

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9781728492100

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Carolrhoda/Lerner, 2024

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Kim Rogers (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes)

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This poetry anthology, edited by Irene Latham and Charles Waters, explores making mistakes and learning from them. A diverse group of twenty poets―including Linda Sue Park, Margarita Engle, Allan Wolf, David Elliott, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Lacresha Berry, George Ella Lyon, Jaime Adoff, Kim Rogers, and Naomi Shihab Nye―share real-life blunders they made as young people. Following each poem is a short prose explanation of what happened afterward. Includes a poem by Kim Rogers (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes).

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