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Dear vaccine, global voices speak to the pandemic, edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, David Hassler, and Tyler Meier ; foreword by Dr. Richard Carmona, afterword by Ohio Govenor Mike Dewine

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Dear vaccine

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edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, David Hassler, and Tyler Meier ; foreword by Dr. Richard Carmona, afterword by Ohio Govenor Mike Dewine

global voices speak to the pandemic

"People from around the world reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine through poetry ... In March 2021, the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and the University of Arizona Poetry Center launched the website for the Global Vaccine Poem project, inviting anyone to share experiences of the pandemic and vaccination through poetry. Dear Vaccine features selections from over 2,000 poetry submissions to the project, which come from all 50 states and 118 different countries. Internationally acclaimed author Naomi Shihab Nye, in her introduction, highlights the human dimensions found across the responses. Richard Carmona, the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, provides a foreword that contextualizes the global scope of the problem, as well as the political and public health dimensions. Making use of poetry's powerful tools to connect us across division, Dear Vaccine reminds us that medical advances alone are not enough to solve the vexing challenges of the pandemic; the arts--and poetry--have a profound and critical role to play"--Publisher's website

Lessons: what we learned while alone -- Gratitude: only as lovely as you are shared -- Grief: that breath could bring us death -- The clinic: the place where we met and loved each other -- Nostalgia: every day a meditation in remembering -- Envisioning the future: believing we belong to the same beauty