Minneapolis poet laureate Junauda Petrus recalls meeting Renee Good at an elementary school poetry workshop and shares how her hometown is building off a history of organizing.

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Whenever I rendezvous with an extroverted friend, I feel a pang of anxiety as an introvert. Will I have space to be my slow, quiet self? Will I have trouble keeping up with their chatter? Usually the ...

Usually the hang is glorious. But sometimes, the energy is off. I've never confronted my extroverted friends about this. So it was validating to hear from Jennifer Kahnweiler, author of The ...

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I first learned the name Renée Nicole Macklin Good because of her brutal killing on January 7, 2026. I want to remember her as a talented poet.

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman wrote a moving poem in tribute to Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother and poet who was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this month. A ...

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman wrote a moving poem in tribute to Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother and poet who was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this month. Good's ...

Good was remembered as a "safe friend" that "you could trust" Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She reports on topics of human ...