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Poet Michelle Boisseau Explores Time and Family History in New Work

A Sunday in God-Years, a new collection of poetry by Michelle Boisseau, takes its title from the notion that within geologic time, human history happens in the blink of God's eye.

By New Letters on the Air: Angela Elam and Danie Alexander

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Kansas City, MO – It also examines family history and the repercussions of slave ownership. Centered around a long poem with 15 sections called "A Reckoning," this is a book that can actually be judged by its cover as you'll discover in this interview by New Letters on the Air host, Angela Elam.

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