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Collected Item: “Notes from Coronaland--Poems Written Every Day in April 2020”

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Notes from Coronaland--Poems Written Every Day in April 2020

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My English professor, Jo Kaplan, pen name for Joanna Parypinski, wrote a lovely collection of poetry while in quarantine in April 2020. The poems are beautiful in their simplicity and accessibility. The language is sometimes surprising, but always profound and universal. I think they have captured the feelings of all of us during this difficult time.

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#GlendaleCommunityCollege, #GCC, #JoKaplan, #poetry, #poems, #quarantine, #emotion, #yearning, #Joanna Parypinski

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Jo Kaplan

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2020-04-30
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