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... attend university poetry readings, cheer at poetry slams, and chose poems for their wedding ceremonies. 8. See, for example, Wilson 1948; Epstein 1988; Edmundson 2013; and others. 9. Increased scholarly attention to poetry s social, cultural, and political contexts may be indexed to an increased interest...