{"id":4266,"date":"2026-05-20T06:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/living-writers\/?p=4266"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:27:25","slug":"shira-erlichman-angel-nafis-and-jeff-kass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/living-writers\/shira-erlichman-angel-nafis-and-jeff-kass\/","title":{"rendered":"Shira Erlichman,\u00a0Angel Nafis, and\u00a0Jeff Kass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in today to hear a conversation about\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/pulp.aadl.org\/node\/669971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Poems for the People<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u00a0with poets\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialshira.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shira Erlichman<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.angelnafis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angel Nafis<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dzancbooks.org\/all-titles\/p\/true-believer-jeff-kass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeff Kass<\/a><\/strong><strong>!<\/strong> We talk about becoming poets and being poets. 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