Part of poetry's growth is due to its increasing visibility with mainstream audiences rather than elite literary circles, and pictured, poet Ada Limón attends Vulture Festival Los Angeles in 2018.
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Poetry is experiencing a new golden age, with young writers of color taking the lead
There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets -- often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman.
