reading poetry in jail
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On consent.
To make a better world, we’ll need to get over our potential embarrassment and make sure that somebody’s “yes” means what we think it does.
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On asymmetry and ‘The Hatred of Poetry.’
Like you, the people in jail have stories to tell.
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