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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.
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi reads “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern”
Gabrielle reads their poem, “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern”.
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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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Roger Bennett reads "This Be The Verse"
Roger Bennett reads Philip Larkin's poem, "This Be The Verse
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Oliver Baez Bendorf reads "Love and the Bodega"
Oliver Baez Bendorf shares his poem "Love and the Bodega
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Nicole Sealey reads Object Permanence
Nicole Sealey shares a love poem, dedicated to her husband.
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Leila Chatti reads "Snow Drops"
Leila Chatti reads Louise Glück's poem "Snow Drops
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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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Em Dial reads "Narwhal Talk"
Em Dial (they/them/theirs) reads their poem, "Narwhal Talk
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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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Ariel Francisco reads "Black Beans" by Sarah Kirsch
Ariel Francisco (he/him/his) reads the poem, “Black Beans” by Sarah Kirsch (Ice Roses © 2014, Carcanet Press).
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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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Sara Eliza Johnson reads "Beekeeping"
Sara Eliza Johnson reads her poem, "Beekeeping
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Phillip B. Williams reads “Greatly Be Gentle”
Phillip B. Williams reads his poem “Greatly Be Gentle”.
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Matthew Olzmann reads "Letter Written While Waiting in Line at Comic Con"
Matthew Olzmann (he/him/his) reads his poem, “"Letter Written While Waiting in Line at Comic Con
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Jacqueline Woodson reads "Tobacco"
Jacqueline Woodson reads "Tobacco", from her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming.
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Ilyus Evander reads "The Cost of Staying"
Ilyus Evander (they/them) reads their poem, “The Cost of Staying