Victor Manuel Vivanco Reyes

Show Notes:

Today’s featured poems were by student/alumnus, Victor. You can support students like Victor by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Some items mentioned in today’s episode:

Detention Center in the Seattle area: https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/northwest-ice-processing-center-nwipc

Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47558/i-too

Paul Valery’s poem, “The Angel Handed Me a Book”: https://friko-diamonddesigns.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-angel-handed-me-book.html

Czeslaw Milosz’ poem, “A Gift”: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/gift-0/

Ilya Kaminsky’s poetry book, Deaf Republic: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic

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