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Vanessa Tahay on NPR
KPCC/NPR aired a powerful piece today highlighting the story of Get Lit Player Vanessa Tahay and her journey from Guatemala to Los Angeles…as well …

Classic Slam on KCET
We’re thrilled to announce a new collaboration with KCET…a ten-part series of highlights from this year’s in-school poets, on themes that hit home in …

#POETMOM: Angel City
#POETMOM: Angel City By Heidi Siegmund Cuda Two thousand people at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles thundered with applause each time high …

#POETMOM: Gimme Shelter
#POETMOM: Gimme Shelter By Heidi Siegmund Cuda “Hope is the thing with feathers.” Emily Dickinson I’ve betrayed the birds. I’ve had to …

#POETMOM: The Library of Progress
#POETMOM: The Library of Progress By Heidi Siegmund Cuda September 20, 2015 LUV BABY GOES TO WASHINGTON “Don’t cry!” commands my daughter Mila on …

#POETMOM: The Earthquake
#POETMOM: The Earthquake By Heidi Siegmund Cuda “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world….” William Butler Yeats …