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As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, watch Muskogee Indian Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate for 2020, read two poems from Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. https://www.gleeditions.com/video_index.asp #nativeamericanheritagemonth #poetry

Charles Yu won the 2020 National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday for his darkly humorous novel, which exposes Asian American stereotypes and the exhausting task of having to combat them. Listen to an excerpt here on our website: https://www.gleeditions.com/video_index.asp #fiction #nationalbookawardfinalist #interiorchinatown

The title tale in Redeployment, a collection of short stories by Phil Klay about the Iraq War (and winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction), includes a passage about the return to normalcy in America. Listen to Klay, a wartime Marine, convey the surreality of the experience to us here: https://www.gleeditions.com/video_index.asp (Warning: Contains some profanity.) #veteransday2020

Watch actress Ruby Dee recite the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitutionon voting rights. In 2020, we celebrate the Amendment’s 150-year anniversary. https://www.gleeditions.com/video_index.asp

As a tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month, we draw your attention to Rudolfo Anaya (Oct. 30, 1937-June 28, 2020), Latino writer and educator. See a clip from an opera adapted from Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima at https://www.gleeditions.com/video_index.asp?vid=1831 #latinoliterature #hispanicheritagemonth2020 #blessmeultima #chicano