Patrice Vecchione
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In this interview Vecchione, writer and teacher of poetry, shares stories and poems of immigrant children and of the healing properties of poetry. One cannot help but share the sadness of a young person losing touch with their home culture. You'll be inspired to make a difference in your community to include this large and mostly unheard population.
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English
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Nature and art share the quality of perseverance and optimism. Vecchione illustrates this when she says, "Art is optimistic. No matter what emotions a piece of art may convey, art-making itself is a refusal to be plowed under by doubt, political systems, poverty or any number of other things." She goes on to point out that nature shares those same qualities. "Determined plants push up between the slivery cracks in the concrete, making their leafy...
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"With authenticity, integrity, and insight, this collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first- and second- generation young adult immigrants and refugees, such as cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, human rights, racism, stereotyping, and questions of identity. Poems by Elizabeth Acevedo, Erika L. Sánchez, Samira Ahmed, Chen Chen, Ocean Vuong, Fatimah Asghar, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Bao Phi, Kaveh...