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Hear it! Hear it! Voiced Stops
by Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander Read by the author
July 18, 2001
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! By Small and Small: Midnight to Four A.M.
by Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert Read by the author
April 12, 2005
The New School, Wollman Hall, New York
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart
by Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert Read by the author
April 12, 2005
The New School, Wollman Hall, New York
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Hear it! Hear it! Howl, Part III and Footnote to Howl
by Allen Ginsberg
"Carl Solomon! I'm with you in Rockland..."
Allen Ginsberg Read by the author
August 9, 1975
From the Naropa Poetics Audio Archives, made available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons License.

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Hear it! Hear it! Howl, Parts I & II
by Allen Ginsberg
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked..."
Allen Ginsberg Read by the author
August 9, 1975
From the Naropa Poetics Audio Archives, made available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons License.

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Hear it! Hear it! A Supermarket in California
by Allen Ginsberg
"What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked..."
Allen Ginsberg Read by the author
from Rhino/Word-Beat

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Hear it! Hear it! New Stanzas for Amazing Grace
by Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg October, 6 1994
The New School
From the Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Bolshevescent
by Peter Gizzi
"You stand far from the crowd, adjacent to power..."
Peter Gizzi Read by the author
March 1, 2007
AWP Conference, Atlanta
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! It Was Raining In Delft
by Peter Gizzi
"A cornerstone. Marble pilings. Curbstones and brick...."
Peter Gizzi Read by the author
March 1, 2007
AWP Conference, Atlanta
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Louise Glück CD: 1981 & 1992
by Louise Glück
Louise Glück
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Hear it! Hear it! The Red Poppy
by Louise Glück
"The great thing..."
Louise Glück Read by the author
March 17, 1992
French Institute Alliance Francaise
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! The Wild Iris
by Louise Glück
"At the end of my suffering..."
Louise Glück Read by the author
March 17, 1992
French Institute Alliance Francaise
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Witchgrass
by Louise Glück
Louise Glück March 17 1992
French Institue Alliance Française
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Backchat: Albert Goldbarth in Conversation
by Albert Goldbarth
Albert Goldbarth From the 2009 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Recorded by The Poetry Trust
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Hear it! Hear it! Embodies
by Jorie Graham
"Deep autumn; the mistake occurs, the plum tree blossoms, twelve..."
Jorie Graham Read by the author
April 3, 2008
The New Museum, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Just Before
by Jorie Graham
"At some point in the day, as such, there was a pool. Of..."
Jorie Graham Read by the author
April 3, 2008
The New Museum, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Nearing Dawn
by Jorie Graham
"Sunbreak. The sky opens its magazine. If you look hard..."
Jorie Graham Read by the author
April 3, 2008
The New Museum, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! A Slice of Wedding Cake
by Robert Graves
Robert Graves

December 03, 1966
Hunter College
From the Academy Audio Archive



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Hear it! Hear it! Robert Graves CD
by Robert Graves
Robert Graves
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Hear it! Hear it! To Juan at the Winter Solstice
by Robert Graves
Robert Graves Read by the author
December 03, 1966
Hunter College
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Narrow Flame
by Linda Gregerson
"Dark still. Twelve degrees below freezing...."
Linda Gregerson Read by the author
March 3, 2007
AWP Conference, Atlanta
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Chosen by the Lion
by Linda Gregg
"I am the one chosen by the lion at sundown..."
Linda Gregg

Academy Audio Archive
Recorded October 8, 1991
at the French Institute Alliance Francaise



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Hear it! Hear it! Linda Gregg CD
by Linda Gregg
Linda Gregg
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Hear it! Hear it! The Girl I Call Alma
by Linda Gregg
"The girl I call Alma who is so white..."
Linda Gregg Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! The Weight
by Linda Gregg
"Two horses were put together in the same paddock..."
Linda Gregg Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Death's Door
by Thom Gunn
Thom Gunn 1988
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! The Yellow Bittern (An Bunnan Bui)
by Cathal Bui Mac Giolla Gunna
"The yellow bittern that never broke out..."
Read by James Wright
New York City
March 2, 1967

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