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SUMMARY:Poetry and Resistance: Exploring the Poetry of Ana Blandiana - w/ 
 Vocales Verticales - in person 
LOCATION:Wheaton Library\nWheaton Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join Vocales Verticales for an afternoon of poetry\, writing\,
  and ideas. How can we use poetry as a tool for resistance? Discover how o
 thers did it and write some poems. .\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/15183
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Ana Blandiana\, born in 1942 in Timișo
 ara\, Romania is a renowned Romanian poet\, writer\, and translator. A dis
 sident\, she faced censorship and was a key figure in Romania's 1989 anti-
 Soviet Communist uprising. A voice for democracy and human rights\, her li
 terary and activist legacy continues to inspire.</p>\n<p>Find her poetry i
 n our collection\, in English and in Spanish\, here:<a href="https://mcpl.
 aspendiscovery.org/Union/Search?lookfor=ana%20blandiana">https://mcpl.aspe
 ndiscovery.org/Union/Search?lookfor=ana%20blandiana</a></p>\n<p>You'll nee
 d a current MCPL card account to borrow these items.&nbsp\;Don't have a ca
 rd right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="htt
 ps://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/card.html">Get a Library Card
 </a>.</p>\n<p>More info about Vocales Verticales:</p>\n<p><a href="https:/
 /www.instagram.com/vocalesverticales/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/voc
 alesverticales/?hl=en</a></p>\n<p><a href="https://vocalesverticales.subst
 ack.com/">https://vocalesverticales.substack.com/</a></p>\n<p>VV aims to p
 romote poetry and the arts in Spanish\, and to create spaces\, online and 
 in-person\, that connect the community through poetry. The program will be
  in the Multi-Purpose Room\, enter from the lobby. Other questions about t
 he program? Call the Library at 240-777-0678.</p>\n<p>Library Program Atte
 ndance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within 
 the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program
  under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a pr
 ogram intended for children must have an accompanying child.</p>\n<p>If yo
 u plan to attend with a group of ten or more\, please contact the branch a
 t least one week before the program to discuss how your group might be acc
 ommodated.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People 
 who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><a href="http
 s://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English
 -language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a></strong>&nbsp\;at
  least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend.
  Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240
 -777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023
 </p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/15183555
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