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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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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
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Roger Bennett reads "This Be The Verse"
Roger Bennett reads Philip Larkin's poem, "This Be The Verse
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Phillip B. Williams reads “Greatly Be Gentle”
Phillip B. Williams reads his poem “Greatly Be Gentle”.
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Nicole Sealey reads Object Permanence
Nicole Sealey shares a love poem, dedicated to her husband.
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Jacqueline Woodson reads "You Lose Something Every Day"
Jacqueline Woodson reads Willie Perdomo's poem, "You Lose Something Every Day
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Jacqueline Woodson reads "Tobacco"
Jacqueline Woodson reads "Tobacco", from her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming.
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Emily Graslie reads "Confession of a Bird Watcher"
Emily Graslie reads a poem by Chard deNiord, "Confession of a Bird Watcher
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Clint Smith reads "what the cicada said to the black boy"
Clint Smith (he/him/his) reads his poem, “what the cicada said to the black boy
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Clint Smith reads "landless acknowledgment" by Nate Marshall
Clint Smith (he/him/his) reads the poem “landless acknowledgment” by Nate Marshall.
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Anthony Thomas Lombardi reads "Relapse Dream"
Anthony Thomas Lombardi (he/him/his) reads his poem, “Relapse Dream
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Analicia Sotelo reads "Do You Speak Virgin?"
Analicia Sotelo reads her poem "Do You Speak Virgin?"
Curated Video
Christine de Pizan part 2: "The Book of the City of Ladies"
Christine de Pizan noticed that women were often portrayed in a negative light, so she began writing stories of women, defending their role in society. One such writing is "The Book of the City of Ladies."
Jabzy
Mao the Swimmer - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Mao the Swimmer
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James Finnegan - 'Roofs'
During his senior year in college as a business major, a course in creative writing changed James Finnegan’s life. Until that time, he had thought of poetry as a relatively antique art form. But an excellent teacher exposed him to the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Cappella - 'The Sledgehammer'
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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Vanessa Angélica Villarreal reads "First Estrangement"
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal reads Aracelis Girmay's poem, "First Estrangement
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Phillip B. Williams reads Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Phillip B. Williams reads an untitled poem by Kayleb Rae Candrilli, from their book "What Runs Over
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Philip Metres reads “My Heart Like a Nation”
Philip Metres reads his poem, “My Heart Like a Nation”.
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Nicole Sealey reads "Distant Lover"
Nicole Sealey reads John Murillo's poem, “Distant Lover (Or, When You’re Teaching in Amherst and, While On a Late Night Walk, Your Wife Calls from Brooklyn to Say Goodnight)
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Maurice Carlos Ruffin reads "enemies"
Maurice Carlos Ruffin reads Enemies by Lucille Clifton.