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Hear it!	Two Pages, 122 Words on Music and Dance by John Cage
	Read by Susan Howe March 13, 1997 The New School New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Of Distress Being Humiliated by the Classical Chinese Poets by Hayden Carruth "Masters, the mock orange is blooming in Syracuse without..."
	Read by the author May 9, 1989 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Cows At Night by Hayden Carruth "The moon was like a full cup tonight..."
	Read by the author May 9, 1989 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Caesarion by C. P. Cavafy "In part to verify a date..."
	Read by Avi Sharon Oct. 16, 2009 Tischman Auditorium, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	In Despair by C. P. Cavafy
	Read by Avi Sharon Oct. 16, 2009 Tischman Auditorium, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Dramatic Monologue Against the Self by Ken Chen "Hello, my name is Ken Chen..."
	July 15, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	My Father and My Mother Decide My Future, and How Could We Forget Wang Wei? by Ken Chen "The suitcase open on the bed..."
	July 15, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Hermit Thrush by Amy Clampitt "Nothing's certain. Crossing, on this longest day,..."
	Read by the author December 01, 1987 Pierpont Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton "these hips are big hips...."
	Read by the author May 03, 1983 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Lucille Clifton & Gwendolyn Brooks CD: 1983 by Lucille Clifton
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Hear it!	my dream about being white by Lucille Clifton "hey music and me only white..."
	Read by the author May 03, 1983 Guggenheim Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	sisters by Lucille Clifton "me and you be sisters......"
	Read by the author May 03, 1983 Guggenheim Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	the lost women by Lucille Clifton "i need to know their names..."
	Read by the author May 03, 1983 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Birthday by Henri Cole
	Read by the author April 17, 2007 Housing Works Bookstore Café From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Embers by Henri Cole
	Read by the author April 17, 2007 Housing Works Bookstore Café From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Oil & Steel by Henri Cole "My father lived in a dirty dish mausoleum..."
	Read by the author April 17, 2007 Housing Works Bookstore Café From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Sycamores by Henri Cole
	Read by the author April 17, 2007 Housing Works Bookstore Café From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	American Sonnet (35) by Wanda Coleman "boooooooo. spooky ripplings of icy waves. This..."
	Read by the author May 15, 2000 The Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan..."
	Read by Robert Kelly January 21, 2008 Red Hook, New York From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Forgetfulness by Billy Collins "The name of the author is the first to go..."
	Read by the author From The Best Cigarette CD, made available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons License. Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Workshop by Billy Collins "I might as well begin by saying how much I like the title..."
	Read by the author From The Best Cigarette CD, made available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons License. Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Rent by Jane Cooper "If you want my apartment, sleep in it..."
	Read by the author December 15, 1997 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Kore by Robert Creeley "As I was walking..."
	Read by the author April 16, 1964 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Heart by Robert Creeley
	Read by the author July 17, 2001 Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Face Without Makeup by Victor Hernández Cruz
	October 21, 2011 The Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

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