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Ada Limón, the first Latina poet laureate, tells author Carmen Maria Machado about how the power of words can help us navigate this time of crisis.

Harris: as a trial attorney, i'm wondering whether you really push for that. there's a hearing to decide whether little ada, who was 6 at the time -- now 12, as you just mentioned -- will actually testify. how would you utilize her testimony? >> oh, it's so emotional. if they bring in, for the prosecutor, if they bring in a girl who was 6 years old and she testifies how she found mommy in the bathtub not breathing and ran out to get the neighbor, it's going to pull on the jurors' heart strings. but the defense is going to argue she's been living with her older sister. i know simply from the do...