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Evan Wang, a graduating senior at Upper Merion Area High School, has been named this year’s national youth poet laureate. He is the first male youth poet laureate in the program’s nine-year history.

Wang, 18, of King of Prussia, told WHYY News that he has “always been fascinated by languages.” As a first grader, he constantly read books and wrote short stories, and in middle school, he started penning poems. He delved into the work of renowned poets, including Savannah Brown, Ocean Vuong, Louise Glück and Ada Limón, to learn more about the craft. Word by word, he threaded together verses in his Google Docs and Notes app, occasionally sharing it on Instagram.

But it

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