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Cameron Barnett
Cameron Barnett lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He sometimes writes raps to help his middle-school students study. His second collection of poetry, Murmur, was published in February. You can follow him on X: @cambarnett89.
Poetry
Grandpa’s Gavel
I take it into my hand, and / it’s now 1959 and I’m in the room: NAACP gathered, / Grandpa pounding the sounding block to call / order—here, big decisions get made; here, activism // happens, ingrained into mallet and memory
October 2024A Web-Exclusive Poem from Cameron Barnett’s New Collection
Murmur: “Grandpa’s Gavel”
We are celebrating the release of Cameron Barnett’s second book of poetry, Murmur, out today from Autumn House Press, with an exclusive online publication of “Grandpa’s Gavel.” Cameron’s new poetry collection considers the question of how we become who we are.
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