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QLPOR Presents From Whence We Came: Women in Poetry

Quintessential Poetry: A Global Poetry & Spoken Word Poetry Podcast
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From Whence We Came: Women in Poetry is presented by Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio (www.qlpor.com) in honor of National Women's History Month. This event will feature readings by Valeri Beers, Linda Imbler, Gerry Leonard LaGuardia, and Linda Ohlson Graham and a discussion of the role of women in poetry. The From Whence We Came phrase is from remarks made by John F. Kennedy at the Dinner for America's Cup Crews on September 14 1962. Biographies https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67595793/qlpor-presents-from-whence-we-came-women-in-poetry

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