From “Agnes the Elephant”
There is a man and a woman in the kitchen fighting / over which of the two of them get to keep their / son. The man is leaving… More
Zachary Schomburg Reads from “Agnes the Elephant”
Zachary Schomburg stopped by the PEN America offices in March and read an excerpt from a new poem, "Agnes the Elephant." Click through to listen to the recording and… More
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A Florida school district placed a warning label on three of my books that insist racism is wrong. It is not hard to figure out what this school district thinks is right. https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1555662277806034944
