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File #: 92161    Version: 1 Name: Presentation: Poetry recitation by QQ - "blessing the boat" by Lucille Clifton
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Title: Presentation: Poetry recitation by QQ - "blessing the boats" by Lucille Clifton
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Presentation: Poetry recitation by QQ - "blessing the boats" by Lucille Clifton

 

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QQ (Qianqian) Yang is a writer based in Madison by way of Guangzhou, Texas, and New York City. Her poems are published or forthcoming from Black Warrior Review, Mississippi Review, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and elsewhere, and her nonfiction has been recognized by The New York Times. She holds a BA in History of Art & Architecture from Harvard University and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison