KETV Omaha

NSAA will allow student's gender identity poem

After much media attention, the Nebraska School Activities Association said it will allow a student to read his controversial poem. Michael Barth, a student in Scottsbluff, won the Class C1 poetry ...
KETV Omaha

Student allowed to give gender identity poem

WEBVTT NOW THE BREAKING NEWS IN LINCOLN: JUST MOMENTS AGO, A REVERSAL THAT WILL ALLOW AN AWARD-WINNING STUDENT TO RECITE A POEM ABOUT A LESBIAN TEACHER. MICHAEL BARTH WON A STATE SPEECH CONTEST WITH ...
MassLive

Amherst Together asking for poems about identity, presenting 1-woman performance on notion of race

Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni is bringing her one-woman show "One Drop of Love" to Amherst Middle School April 15 as part of the Amherst Together initiative. AMHERST - Since July, Carol Ross has been doing a ...
The Washington Post

3 poets and 3 comic artists collaborate on ‘Identity’

For National Poetry Month, we asked three poets — Diana Goetsch, Karisma Price and Sally Wen Mao — for a poem on the subject of identity. We then asked three artists — Margaret Flatley, Anjali ...
The Greeley Tribune

A ‘powerful and effective’ outlet: Windsor High School junior to take poems of identity to Poetry Out Loud National Finals

A Windsor High School junior will take his demanding stage presence to a national audience, performing poetry that speaks to his identity as a person of color. “I am the Smoke King. I am Black,” ...