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Episode #179 [Hiatus!] Tune - Kay Ryan
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode #178 Remembering Charles Simic
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode #177 [Flicking off the light switch.] - Sherwin Bitsui
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Episode #176 Topsoil, In Repentance - Sherry Shenoda
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode #175 - Poetry Spoken Here Ep. 132: Black Lives Matter
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode #174 National Book Award Winner John Keene and Punks - SPECIAL EPISODE
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode #173 The Dancing - Gerald Stern
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Episode #172 A Time - Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Episode #171 Not Writing - Anne Boyer
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Episode #170 america, MINE - Sasha Banks
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode #169 I Hear A Dog Who Is Always in My Death - Samuel Ace
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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Episode #168 First Snow - Arthur Sze
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode #167 REBROADCAST: The Lynching Postcard, Duluth, Minnesota - Ray Gonzalez
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Episode #166 Small Illuminations from REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR w/Special Guest Tara Betts
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Episode #165 Self-Interrogation from DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW. w/Special Guest Noor Hindi
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May 27, 2022 |
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Episode #164 Elegy - Aracelis Girmay
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode #163 Revelations, Time Distortion, and Surprise - Line Break Week Ep. 7
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May 01, 2022 |
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Episode #162 Ambiguity in Line Breaks - Line Break Week Ep. 6
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode #161 From Meters to Measures: Rhythm in Line Breaks - Line Break Week Ep. 5
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode #160 Using Poetic Line Breaks for EmPHAsis - Line Break Week Ep. 4
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode #159 Drama's Silent Cousin: Miming with Line Breaks - Line Break Week Ep. 3
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Episode #158 Who Will Bring the Drama? The Line Break! - Line Break Week Ep. 2
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Episode #157 Why Break a Line? - Line Break Week Ep. 1
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Episode #156 Beckoned - Forrest Gander
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Episode #155 Buttercream w/Special Guest Caitlin Scarano
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode #154 A Sunset of the City - Gwendolyn Brooks w/Special Guest Michael Kleber-Diggs
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Episode #153 The Snow Man - Wallace Stevens
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Episode #152 I.R.L. - Chris Tse
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Episode #151 Hear the Dogs Crying - Christy Passion
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Episode #150 Dreams - Nikki Giovanni
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Episode #149 Epistemology - Catherine Barnett
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Episode #148 If God Is A Virus - Seema Yasmin
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Episode #147 Remembering Kamilah Aisha Moon, Etel Adnan, and Robert Bly
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Episode #146 National Book Award Winner Martín Espada and Floaters - SPECIAL EPISODE
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Episode #145 Episode 3: Amanda Waller Has a Woman-to-Woman with Harley Quinn w/Dr. Len Lawson
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode #144 We Are Going - Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Episode #143 REBROADCAST: Additional Notes On Tea - Fady Joudah
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode #142 The Nightmare Touched Its Forehead to My Lips - Andrés Cerpa
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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EXTRA: Foreign Policy Follies and Congressional Subcommittees - More on Shitty Kitty by Don Mee Choi
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode #141 Shitty Kitty - Don Mee Choi
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Episode #140 First Snow - Aria Aber
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Episode #139 Excerpt from John Brown's Body - Stephen Vincent Benét
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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Episode #138 Why I Am Silent About The Lament - Abdullah Al-Baradouni
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode #137 Time Traveler - Patrick Cotter
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode #136 Coping - Audre Lorde
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Episode #135 Pulitzer Prize Winner Natalie Diaz and Postcolonial Love Poem - SPECIAL EPISODE
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Episode #134 Into The Racism Workshop - Chrystos
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Episode #133 REBROADCAST: Say Grace - Emily Jungmin Yoon
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode #132 Poetry and Palestine
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode #131 Beyond the Sonnet - Sonnet Week Ep. 7
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode #130 Sonnets In The United States - Sonnet Week Ep. 6
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Episode #129 Beyond Love - Sonnet Week Ep. 5
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Episode #128 Shakespeare's Sonnet - Sonnet Week Ep. 4
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Episode #127 Raiders of the Lost Petrarch - Sonnet Week Ep. 3
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode #126 The Volta - Sonnet Week Ep. 2
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode #125 The Birth of an Enduring Form - Sonnet Week Ep. 1
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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Episode #124 REPOST Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers - Junauda Petrus
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Episode #123 By the Road to the Contagious Hospital - William Carlos Williams
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Episode #122 Blues On Yellow - Marilyn Chin w/Corey China
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode #121 The Word - Zaffar Kunial
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode #120 In Youngsville - Tyree Daye
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode #119 Family Ties - Diana Khoi Nguyen
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode #118 The Altar - Humberto Ak'abal
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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Episode #117 Fuck Your Lecture On Craft, My People Are Dying - Noor Hindi
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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Episode #116 Those Winter Sundays - Robert Hayden
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Episode #115 The Problem Of Describing Trees - Robert Hass
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Episode #114 Landscape With a Blur of Conquerors - Richard Siken
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Episode #113 After The Election 2.0 - Close Talking Turns 4!
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode #112 October (section 2) - Louise Glück
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Episode #111 The Apparition - Herman Melville
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Episode #110 - Snake White, Owl White - Tacey Atsitty
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Episode #109 Poetry and 9/11 Part 3 - The Long Influence of 9/11
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode #108 Poetry and 9/11 Part 2 - International Perspectives and the Rush to War
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode #107 Poetry and 9/11 Part 1 - Responding to Trauma
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Episode #106 A Stranger - Saeed Jones
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Episode #105 Be Nobody's Darling - Alice Walker
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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EXTRA: African American Sonnet Tradition and GPT-3 Poetry Discussion w/Dr. Hollis Robbins
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Episode #104 Freedom Rider: Washout - James Emanuel w/Dr. Hollis Robbins
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Episode #103 Don't Let Me Be Lonely - Claudia Rankine
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Episode #102 The Lynching - Claude McKay
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Episode #101 Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers? - Junauda Petrus
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Episode #100 The Man Moves Earth - Cathy Song
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May 22, 2020 |
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Episode #099 Prayer (I) - George Herbert
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May 08, 2020 |
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Episode #098 Vocabulary Of Dearness - Naomi Shihab Nye - Reflections Week Ep. 6
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Episode #097 Wild Nights - Wild Nights! - Emily Dickinson - Reflections Week Ep. 5
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Episode #096 The Old Men Admiring Themselves In The Water - W. B. Yeats - Reflections Week Ep. 4
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Episode #095 Invisible Fish - Joy Harjo - Reflections Week Ep. 3
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Episode #094 A Lovely Love - Gwendolyn Brooks - Reflections Week Ep. 2
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Episode #093 Ezra Pound's Black Cat Poem - Reflections Week Ep. 1
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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Episode #092 - Announcing a Week of Reflection and Sharing Some Simic
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Episode #091 Excerpt from Ceremony - Leslie Marmon Silko
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Episode #090 Dedications - Adrienne Rich
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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Episode #089 REBROADCAST: To Make a Prairie
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Episode #088 Additional Notes On Tea - Fady Joudah
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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Episode #087 REBROADCAST: How To Keep It Down - Justin Phillip Reed
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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Episode #086 Armor - Sharon Olds
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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Episode #085 Romance #1 - Eunsong Kim
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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Episode #084 Cinco De Mayo - Luis J. Rodríguez
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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Episode #083 Warming - dg nanouk okpik
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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Episode #082 Decoy Gang War Victim - Carmen Gimenez Smith
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Episode #081 - [at last we killed the roaches] - Lucille Clifton
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Episode #080 Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest... - Matthew Olzmann
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Oct 26, 2019 |
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Episode #079 Gesture with Both Hands Tied - Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Episode #078 Ontology and the Platypus - Kathy Fagan
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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Episode #077 Clear Night - Charles Wright
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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EXTRA: Toni Morrison's Legacy, Subversive Endings, and Musical References Galore
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Sep 07, 2019 |
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Episode #076 Tenebris - Angelina Weld Grimké
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Episode #075 Someone Leans Near - Toni Morrison
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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Episode #074 REBROADCAST: An American Sunrise - Joy Harjo
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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Episode #073 Concerto No. 7: Condoleezza (working out) at the Watergate - Nikky Finney
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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Episode #072 Private Property - Jenny Xie
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Episode #071 My Grandmother's House - Kamala Surayya
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Episode #070 Child Holding Potato - Rick Barot
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May 24, 2019 |
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Episode #069 Alone I stare Into the frost's white face - Osip Mandelstam
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May 10, 2019 |
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Episode #068 Beyond Nature and Beyond Haiku - Haiku Week Ep. 7
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May 01, 2019 |
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Episode #067 Translation Part 2 - Haiku Week Ep. 6
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Episode #066 Translation Part 1 - Haiku Week Ep. 5
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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Episode #065 Lineation - Haiku Week Ep. 4
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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Episode #064 The Break/The Turn - Haiku Week Ep. 3
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Episode #063 Syllables - Haiku Week Ep. 2
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Episode #062 Renga - Haiku Week Ep. 1
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Episode #061 Medical History - Nicole Sealey
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Episode #060 The Moment I Saw A Pelican Devour - Paige Lewis
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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Episode #059 For the Anniversary of My Death - W. S. Merwin
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Mar 23, 2019 |
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Episode #058 Stammer - Cynthia Cruz
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Mar 09, 2019 |
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Episode #057 Abandoned Farmhouse - Ted Kooser
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Episode #056 And - Rae Armantrout
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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EXTRA: Mary Oliver and Soren Kierkegaard - "Wild Geese" Discussion Continued
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Episode #055 Wild Geese - Mary Oliver
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Episode #054 Letter - Natasha Trethewey
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Episode #053 Carnegie Hall Rush Seats - Mary Karr
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Dec 29, 2018 |
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Episode #052 How to Keep it Down / Throw It off / Defer Until Asleep - Justin Phillip Reed
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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Episode #051 REBROADCAST: Ersatz Ignatz - Monica Youn (and Close Talking Turns Two!)
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Nov 24, 2018 |
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Episode #050 Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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Episode #049 Mercy - Anna Journey
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Episode #048 Emplumada - Lorna Dee Cervantes
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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Episode #047 If They Should Come For Us - Fatimah Asghar
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Sep 29, 2018 |
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Episode #046 From Whereas Statements - Layli Long Soldier
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Episode #045 Some Of Your Love With Me - Ada Limon
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Episode #044 Blackberry-Picking - Seamus Heaney
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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Episode #043 Pulled Over In Short Hills, NJ 8:00am - Ross Gay
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Episode #042 Manifesto On Ars Poetica - Frank Chipasula
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Episode #041 Say Grace - Emily Jungmin Yoon
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Jun 23, 2018 |
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Episode #040 My Brother At 3 A.M. - Natalie Diaz
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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Episode #039 Harper's Monologue From Angels in America - Tony Kushner
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May 25, 2018 |
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Episode #038 Because One Is Always Forgotten - Carolyn Forche
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May 11, 2018 |
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Episode #037 Tis A Fearful Thing - Yehuda Halevi
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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Episode #036 I Have Got To Stop Loving You So I Have Killed My Black Goat - Ai
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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Episode #035 Waiting for the Twelfth Reimagined [SPECIAL EPISODE]
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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Episode #034 An American Sunrise - Joy Harjo
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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Episode #033 First Quarantine With Abdelhalim Hafez - Safia Elhillo
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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Episode #032 Poplar Street - Chen Chen
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Feb 24, 2018 |
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Episode #031 BONUS: Thinking about "Pressure" in Poetry
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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Episode #030 Epithalamion - Jordan Rice
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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Episode #029 Perception Management: An Abridged List of Operations - Solmaz Sharif
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Jan 27, 2018 |
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Episode #028 Eating Together - Li-Young Lee
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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Episode #027 Homeless Heart - John Ashbery
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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Episode #026 Waiting For The Twelfth - Kaveh Akbar
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Dec 08, 2017 |
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Episode #025 REBROADCAST: The Weather in Space - Tracy K. Smith (And Close Talking Turns One)
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Nov 11, 2017 |
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Episode #024 Sentence - Eduardo C. Corral
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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Episode #023 United - Naomi Shihab Nye
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Sep 23, 2017 |
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Episode #022 Ersatz Ignatz - Monica Youn
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Sep 10, 2017 |
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Episode #021 Where The Honey Comes From - Maggie Smith
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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Episode #020 Memory - Siegfried Sassoon
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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Episode #019 Notes On The Assemblage - Juan Felipe Herrera
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Jul 28, 2017 |
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Episode #018 Nursing Home - Vijay Seshadri
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Jul 14, 2017 |
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Episode #017 I-74 Streetcorners of America Poem - Charlie Rossiter
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Jun 19, 2017 |
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Episode #016 Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
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Jun 10, 2017 |
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Episode #015 To Make A Prairie - Emily Dickinson
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May 26, 2017 |
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Episode #014 A Woman Without A Country - Eavan Boland
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May 13, 2017 |
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Episode #13.5 Poetry is Good for National Security
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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Episode #013 Presque Isle - Louise Gluck
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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Episode #012 Anaphora As Coping Mechanism - Ocean Vuong
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Apr 07, 2017 |
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Episode #011 4th Of July At Santa Ynez - John Haines
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Mar 24, 2017 |
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Episode #010 The Weather In Space - Tracy K. Smith
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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Episode #009 What The Living Do - Marie Howe
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Feb 25, 2017 |
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Episode #008 The Lynching Postcard, Duluth, Minnesota - Ray Gonzalez
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Feb 10, 2017 |
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Episode #007 Kids Who Die - Langston Hughes
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Jan 27, 2017 |
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Episode #006 Specimen Days [The Inauguration] - Walt Whitman SPECIAL EPISODE
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Jan 20, 2017 |
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Episode #005 Excerpt from Life In A Box Is A Pretty Life - Dawn Lundy Martin
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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Episode #004: Still I Rise - Maya Angelou
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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Episode #003: Orphanotrophia - Sun Yung Shin
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Dec 09, 2016 |
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We Come Back to You Now, On the Second Friday of the Month
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Dec 07, 2016 |
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Episode #002: Urban Renewal - Yusef Komunyakaa
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Nov 25, 2016 |
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Episode #001: After the Election
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Nov 12, 2016 |
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Coming Tomorrow: Close Talking!
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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Coming Soon: Close Talking!
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Nov 05, 2016 |