This month, Helen Broom is joined by Lansing, MI poet laureate Laura Apol, and they discuss the emergence of summer and the determination needed to realize the worthiness of our words. In this month's virtual open mic, we have three readers: Bashar Abou Hawili, Gavin Broom, and Helen reads some of her latest work.

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