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Story summary
- Yesika Salgado, a Silver Lake poet, gained popularity by sharing poetry on Instagram and rising from service jobs to bestselling author.
- Celia Martínez, a Yale graduate, combines medical training with poetry to create a community garden for therapeutic storytelling.
- Vianney Harelly, a self-published poet, emphasizes the importance of representation in literature.
- Collectively, these authors illustrate how social media empowers diverse voices and democratizes poetry, making it more culturally significant.
