“This Is Not Poetry” — Roxana Calderon on Writing, Identity & Representation
What happens when our stories are missing from books, classrooms, and publishing?
In the first episode of The Missing Book, Dominican-American children’s author Luz Maria Mack sits down with poet and author Roxana Calderon for a powerful conversation about identity, literacy, poetry, publishing, and preserving culture through storytelling.
Together, they discuss representation in books, growing up Dominican in New York, traditional vs. independent publishing, poetry as healing, and the literacy crisis affecting millions of adults and children.
This episode explores how culturally relevant…
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