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Title Author Year
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026
Questions Pat Parker 2019
Brute Strength Emily Skaja 2019
On a Night Train Younghill Kang 1929
[poets in their bassinets] Lucille Clifton 2024
I Am Bound, I Am Bound, For A Distant Shore Henry David Thoreau 1943
Emancipation Priscilla Jane Thompson 1907
Morning Light Effie Lee Newsome 2017
It’s a Long Way William Stanley Braithwaite 1904
The Secret of Youth Micah Daniels 2020
Driving to Work is a Spiritual Experience Emily Kendal Frey 2020
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
Finis Waring Cuney 1922
Promise Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
As for the Heart Erin Belieu 2020
from Oracles for Youth Caroline Gilman 1852
Sippokni Sia Winnie Lewis Gravitt 1926
Do not trust the eraser Rosamond S. King 2022
The Future Is Here Bianca Stone 2014
Let It Haleh Liza Gafori 2026

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