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WHEREAS: Poems

by Layli Long Soldier

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WHEREAS: Poems by Layli Long Soldier appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, seriously great writing, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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