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“There are signs that this decade could be even more promising for poetry. At the Academy of American Poets, [Jen] Benka and staff have seen a marked increase in website traffic, especially since early 2020. [...] ‘I think it’s American poetry’s heyday. It’s come into its own,’ Benka says. ‘The art form is alive and vibrant in a way that I don’t think it ever has been.’”

—Academy executive director Jen Benka spoke with Dasia Moore at the Boston Globe about former U. S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith and poetry’s current cultural impact.

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