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Lita Hooper

Atlanta, Georgia

Lita Hooper is the author of The Art of Work: The Art and Life of Haki Madhubuti (Third World Press, 2006). Her poetry has been published in Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade (2006) and in former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's column, "American Life in Poetry."

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By Lita Hooper

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Love Worn

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Love Worn