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Sarah Kay reads "Forest Fires"
Sarah Kay reads Forest Fires, a poem she wrote for her grandmother and dad.
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Raych Jackson reads "Church Girl Learns to Pray Again"
Raych Jackson reads her poem, "Church Girl Learns to Pray Again
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Nomi Stone reads "The Soldier Takes the Anthropologist to the Shooting Range"
Nomi Stone reads her poem, "The Soldier Takes the Anthropologist to the Shooting Range
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha reads "Mountain, Stone"
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha reads her poem "Mountain, Stone
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Jon Sands reads "Karaoke Realness at the Love Hotel" by Brenda Shaughnessy
Jon Sands (he/him/his) reads Brenda Shaughnessy's poem, “Karaoke Realness at the Love Hotel
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Jeremy Radin reads "I Should Not Say You" by Leonard Cohen
Jeremy Radin (he/him/his) reads the poem “I Should Not Say You” by Leonard Cohen.
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Elizabeth Acevedo reads "Mami Came to this Country as a Nanny"
Elizabeth Acevedo (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Mami Came to this Country as a Nanny
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Chrysanthemum Tran reads "una oración" (bruja's soliloquy) by Rachel McKibbens
Chrysanthemum Tran (she/they) reads Rachel McKibbens's poem, "una oración" (bruja's soliloquy).
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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 2: Discussion and Analysis
Welcome to Scene by Scene, the series where we discuss and analyze plays in minute detail. While doing so we bring our experience as actors, teachers, and directors to the discussion. For this video we'll be looking at Act 1 Scene 2 and...
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Romantic or Depressing: Dover Beach
Reading, summary, and analysis of Matthew Arnold's 1867 poem, "Dover Beach."
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Marilyn Nelson - 'Red-Hot Mama'
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. Her critically acclaimed books for young adults include A Wreath for Emmett Till and the ground breaking Carver: A Life in Poems, a...
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Marilyn Nelson - 'Dinah's Lament'
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. Her critically acclaimed books for young adults include A Wreath for Emmett Till and the ground breaking Carver: A Life in Poems, a...
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Maria Sassi - 'Look Homeward Angel Now to Hollyhocks'
Maria Sassi, who was for several years Poet Laureate of West Hartford, Connecticut, is a prize-winning poet and playwright. Her first poetry collection, Rooted in Stars, now in its second printing, is part of The Beinecke Rare Book and...
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Joe Weil - 'Paunch'
Joe Weil is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. His reviews, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Paterson Literary review, The Literati Quarterly, Rattle, Barnstorm, Blue Collar Review, Lips, The Boston Review,...
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Daniel Donaghy - 'George'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Hole in the Wall | POEM
The Hole in the Wall | POEM - From 'Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things' (Puffin).
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Mum Reads To Me Every Night - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen performs the poem Mum Reads To Me Every Night. This poem comes from ‘Who Drew on the Baby’s Head?’
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Van Hartmann - Teachers Make a Difference - Thomas Stumpf
Van Hartmann teaches English at Manhattanville College. He received an undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University and a doctorate in English from UNC at Chapel Hill. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals. His first...
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Ed Ahern "Words for a Full-Fledged Kestrel"
Edward Ahern sometimes detours into literary fiction, but he's best known as a poet and innovative genre writer. He's tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for over two hundred poems and stories and four books. The poems and...
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Bella Mahaya Carter - Teachers Make a Difference - Jack Grapes
Bella Mahaya Carter is the author of Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book. She is a creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, and author of an...
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Lindsay Ellis reads "The Danger of Writing Defiant Verse"
Lindsay Ellis reads "The Danger of Writing Defiant Verse" by Dorothy Parker.
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John Hodgman reads "If You Find That Living is a Little Bit Sad" by Wendy Xu
John Hodgman (he/him/his) reads Wendy' Xu's poem, "If You Find That Living is a Little Bit Sad