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Mike Birbiglia reads "Earth (in reverse)" by J. Hope Stein
Mike Birbiglia (he/him/his) reads "Earth (in reverse)" by J. Hope Stein.
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KB Brookins reads "Black Life circa 2029"
KB Brookins (they/them/theirs) reads [their] poem, "Black Life circa 2029
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Justice Ameer reads "A Boy Cries Wolf" by Logan February
Justice Ameer (xe/xem/xir) reads Logan February's poem, “A Boy Cries Wolf
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J. Jennifer Espinoza reads "You are beautiful" by Dorothea Lasky
J. Jennifer Espinoza (she/her/hers) reads the poem, "You are beautiful" by Dorothea Lasky.
Poetry Foundation
Introducing Ours Poetica
Ours Poetica is a new series that captures the intimate experience of holding a poem in your hands and listening as it's read by a distinctive voice. Subscribe for new episodes starting September 12th!
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Imani Davis reads "AFTER LEARNING OF THE AFFAIR, I DOWN TWO BOTTLES OF CHARDONNAY…"
Imani Davis (they/them) reads their poem, “AFTER LEARNING OF THE AFFAIR, I DOWN TWO BOTTLES OF CHARDONNAY AND GIVE AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE OF BEYONCÉ’S DON’T HURT YOURSELF
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George Watsky reads "Selves"
George Watsky reads Yukta Bajracharya's poem, "Selves
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi reads “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern”
Gabrielle reads their poem, “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern”.
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Ariel Francisco reads “A Beautiful Sunday Afternoon”
Ariel Francisco reads his poem, “A Beautiful Sunday Afternoon”.
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: T.S. Eliot - Rhapsody On A Windy Night - Lines 1-22
Join us for a psychedelic stroll through the city streets of the early 1900s. As the clock strikes midnight, strange and sinister things begin to happen. Enjoy our step-by-step guide through Stanzas 1 and 2 of ‘Rhapsody on a Windy...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chapter 8 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts
Chapter 8 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts
When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and...
When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and...
NASA
Conversation with Kevin Hartnett
Kevin Hartnett is the Science Operations Manager for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. In this Conversations with Goddard video, Hartnett discusses how he became interested in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura "The Hardest Part"
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a poet, visual artist, and cartoonist. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, DMQ Review, Tule Review, THINK Journal, Louisiana Literature, Naugatuck River Review, and elsewhere....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Benjamin S. Grossberg - 'Heaven'
Benjamin S. Grossberg is the author of Space Traveler (University of Tampa, 2014); Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of the Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award; and Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Amy Nawrocki - 'Knowing and Not Knowing'
Amy Nawrocki is a poet who teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of Bridgeport. I graduated with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and I earned my M.F.A. from the University of Arkansas. She lives now in Hamden,...
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Willie Perdomo reads "No Images" by William Waring Cuney
Willie Perdomo (he/him/his) reads William Waring Cuney's poem, “No Images
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torrin a. greathouse reads "Poem Where Every Bird Is a Drone" by Tarik Dobbs
torrin a. greathouse (she/they) reads Tarik Dobb's poem, "Poem Where Every Bird Is a Drone
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Taylor Behnke reads “What It Looks Like to Us and the Words We Use”
Taylor Behnke reads Ada Limón's poem, “What It Looks Like to Us and the Words We Use”.
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Tay Zonday reads “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Tay Zonday reads the Robert Frost poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”.
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Tarfia Faizullah Reads From Her Book “Seam”
Tarfia Faizullah reads the untitled poem that ends her book, "Seam
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Sara Eliza Johnson reads "Beekeeping"
Sara Eliza Johnson reads her poem, "Beekeeping