What happened when a poet was sent to the biggest US mall to write for shoppers | US news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/10/mall-of-america-poet-brian-sonia-wallace
In March of 2017, I responded to a ridiculous post that a friend shared on Facebook.
“Apply now! Mall of America seeks Writer-in-Residence to celebrate its 25th Birthday!”
A quick Google search turned up reams of articles skewering the residency as nothing but a shameless publicity stunt for the biggest mall in North America, deriding the idea that a writer would come and be inspired by a Nordstrom or its customers.
“Hey,” I thought, “if the supreme court says corporations are people, why can’t a mall have a birthday? It even has a parent company!”