Poetry for a Pandemic: Tammi Truax, Portsmouth Poet Laureate. compiled by Stephanie Seacord.

Title:

Poetry for a Pandemic: Tammi Truax, Portsmouth Poet Laureate. compiled by Stephanie Seacord.

Author:

Seacord, Stephanie

Call Number:

811 T697

Publication Information:

[place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2021.

Physical Description:

unnumbered pages color illustrations 28 cm.

Description:

"From the start of the local impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March 2020, senior City of Portsmouth staff from every department were meeting daily with the City Manager. The City's emergency response focused on the top priorities of managing the health impacts of the pandemic...The City supplied residents with the most current information on the local impact of the pandemic and available resources for assistance and relief across all communications channels from Channel 22 to a daily City Manager's Advisory, which was shared by 23 surrounding towns. Beginning on April 5, a special Sunday edition featured a new work each week by Portsmouth Poet Laureate Tammi Truax. The story of the 'poet for a pandemic' received national media attention through Assosicated Press, CNN, The New York Times and NHPR."

Subjects:

Poetry. , COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-. , Poets laureate.

Locations:

New Hampshire.

People:

Truax, Tammi.

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of the City of Portsmouth New Hampshire; September 2021