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The Joy Cardin Show
Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 9:00pm
By Christie Taylor

The city of Madison’s fifth poet laureate began his work last month. As part of his goal of bringing poetry to the general public, he said he hopes to unite local writers, make Madison a better place for both written and spoken word, and bring more poetry to school children—while...

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