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The Exchange: sTREEtS

by Chima Ikoro May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

The Exchange, the Weekly’s poetry corner, offers our thoughts in exchange for yours.

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The Exchange: can a broken piano still be played, or is this song over?

by Chima Ikoro April 24, 2025April 23, 2025
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The Exchange: Deficit and Psalms 23

by Chima Ikoro and harlem west March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
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The Exchange: magnitude and bond

by Chima Ikoro January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
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The Exchange: the strength of will, and Happy BirthDay

by Chima Ikoro and Gabrielle Pickens January 16, 2025January 16, 2025
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The Exchange: Dime’s Declassified School Survival Guide

by Chima Ikoro December 12, 2024December 12, 2024
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The Exchange: “Unexpected” and The Institution of Dreamin

by Chima Ikoro and Makale Moore June 7, 2024June 7, 2024
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The Exchange: Out South Circuit, and Chi Town Violence Steals Away the Community

by Chima Ikoro and Claude Robert Hill IV June 1, 2024June 6, 2024
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The Exchange: KonMari and Yoga

by Chima Ikoro and Victoria Mendiola May 24, 2024May 24, 2024
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The Exchange: The Taj Mahal and Rutina de Sueño

by Chima Ikoro and Jocelyn Martinez Rosales February 26, 2024February 27, 2024

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