Brainwaves Video Anthology
Martín Espada Teachers Make a Difference - Howard Zinn
Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. Other books of poems include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016), The Trouble Ball...
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Spring Slumber (春眠) - 1200 Year-Old Chinese Poem into Song
Spring Slumber (春眠) is a poem by the very famous poet 白居易 (bái jū yì) who lived from 772-846 AD during the Tang Dynasty.
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Taylor Goldsmith reads “Morning of Drunkenness”
Taylor Goldsmith reads Arthur Rimbaud's poem, “Morning of Drunkenness”.
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Ruth Awad reads “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion"
Ruth Awad reads her poem “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths reads "Seeing the Body"
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Seeing the Body
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Laura-Gray Street reads "Field Study / Search Field"
Laura-Gray Street reads her poem, "Field Study / Search Field
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Justice Ameer reads "body without the 'd'"
Justice Ameer (xe/xem/xir) reads xir poem, "body without the 'd.'"
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John-Francis Quiñonez reads "Re: Watching You Without Me"
John-Francis Quiñonez (they/them/theirs) reads their poem, “Re: Watching You Without Me
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Hrishikesh Hirway reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
Hrishikesh Hirway reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop and shares how the poem inspired his podcast Song Exploder.
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Diana Khoi Nguyen reads "Hysteria"
Diana Khoi Nguyen reads Kim Yideum's poem, "Hysteria
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Demi Adejuyigbe reads "Difficult Baby"
Demi Adejuyigbe reads Kimmy Walters' poem, "Difficult Baby
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Cappella - 'To Himself'
A poet and teacher, David Cappella is a professor emeritus in the English department at Central Connecticut State University. He is the co-author with Baron Wormser of The Moves and of A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day. In...
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When I’m Away From You, I Feel Like the Second-Place Winner in a Bee-Wearing Contest
Aimee Nezhukumatathil reads her poem "When I’m Away From You, I Feel Like the Second-Place Winner in a Bee-Wearing Contest
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Rachel Zucker reads “Don’t Say Anything Beautiful Kiss Me”
Rachel Zucker reads her poem “Don’t Say Anything Beautiful Kiss Me”.
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Rachel Wiley reads "Red Sugar" by Jan Beatty
Rachel Wiley (she/her/hers) reads Jan Beatty's poem, “Red Sugar
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Paige Lewis reads "You Can Take Off Your Sweater, I’ve Made Today Warm"
Ours Poetica curator Paige Lewis shares their poem "You Can Take Off Your Sweater, I've Made Today Warm
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Maya C. Popa reads “The Bees Have Been Canceled”
Maya C. Popa reads her poem "The Bees Have Been Canceled
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Marianne Chan reads "Some Words of the Aforesaid Heathen Peoples”
Marianne Chan reads her poem "Some Words of the Aforesaid Heathen Peoples”.
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Jos Charles reads “Great, Glowing Vault”
Jos Charles reads Paul Celan's poem, “Great, Glowing Vault”.
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Emily Graslie reads “First Encounter Beach”
Emily Graslie reads Alison Hawthorne Deming's poem, "First Encounter Beach
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Eduardo C. Corral reads "Kinds of Blue #76 (Evening Snow)"
Eduardo C. Corral reads Don McKay's poem, "Kinds of Blue #76 (Evening Snow)
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Carly Joy Miller reads "Ceremonial Psalm"
Carly Joy Miller reads her poem "Ceremonial Psalm
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Herman Beavers - 'Frederick Douglass' by Robert Hayden
Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...