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The Poetry of Strangers: What I Learned Traveling America with a Typewriter,Used
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It might surprise you whos a fan of poetry when it meets them where they are.Before he became an awardwinning writer and poet, Brian SoniaWallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign that said Poetry Store and discovered something surprising: all over America, people want poems. An amateur busker at first, Brian asked countless strangers, What do you need a poem about? To his surprise, passersby opened up to share their deepest yearnings, loves, and heartbreaks. Hundreds of them. Then thousands. Around the nation, Brians poetry crusade drew countless converts from all walks of life.In The Poetry of Strangers, Brian tells the story of his crosscountry journey in a series of heartfelt and insightful essays. From Minnesota to Tennessee, California to North Dakota, Brian discovered that people arent so afraid of poetry when its telling their stories. In dying towns flourish vibrant artistic spirits and fascinating American characters who often pass under the radar, from the Mall of Americas mall walkers to retirees on Amtrak to selfproclaimed witches in Salem.In a time of unprecedented loneliness and isolation, Brians journey shows how art can be a vital bridge to community in surprising places. Conventional wisdom says Americans dont want to talk to each other, but according to this poetforhire, everyone is just dying to be heard.Thoughtprovoking, moving, and eyeopening, The Poetry of Strangers is an unforgettable portrait of America told through the hidden longings of one person at a time, by one of our most important voices today. The fault lines and conflicts which divide us fall away when we remember to look, in every stranger, for poetry.
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