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‘I know it saves men’s lives’: Shaun Griffin, again named Nevada Poet Laureate, on why he’ll keep teaching poetry in prisons

“Poetry is really a foil for me,” said Shaun Griffin, who will spend his second term as Nevada Poet Laureate continuing to teach poetry to Nevada inmates. “I tell them that I will be happiest if they stay out of prison. I’m there to use poetry to help them get back to who they were before this all started.”

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