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Hear it! Hear it! Stein 100: A Feather Likeness of the Justice Chair
by Jackson Mac Low
"A feather table: reckless gratitude...."
Jackson Mac Low Read by the author
May 16, 2000
The Morgan Library
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Hear it! Hear it! Irritable Mystic
by Nathaniel Mackey
" His they their..."
Nathaniel Mackey November 15, 2006
Academy of American Poets Offices
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Hear it! Hear it! Song of the Andoumboulou: 21
by Nathaniel Mackey
"Next a Brazilian cut came..."
Nathaniel Mackey Read by the author
November 15, 2006
Academy of American Poets Offices
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Hear it! Hear it! [Toward the empty earth]
by Osip Mandelstam
Osip Mandelstam Read by Jean Valentine
Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! White
by J. Michael Martinez
"as the meat..."
J. Michael Martinez Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Xicano
by J. Michael Martinez
"as light..."
J. Michael Martinez Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Before
by Khaled Mattawa
"Somewhere between faith and grace..."
Khaled Mattawa October 29, 2010
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
New York, NY
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Hear it! Hear it! Mood Indigo
by William Matthews
William Matthews Read by the author
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Hear it! Hear it! William Matthews CD
by William Matthews
William Matthews
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Hear it! Hear it! Heather McHugh & Gerald Stern CD: 1992
by Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh
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Hear it! Hear it! To Go
by Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh April 21, 1992
French Institue Alliance Française
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Hear it! Hear it! What He Thought
by Heather McHugh
"We were supposed to do a job in Italy..."
Heather McHugh Read by the author
April 21, 1992
French Institue Alliance Fran‡aise
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Hear it! Hear it! Posited
by James McMichael
"That as all parts of it..."
James McMichael Read by the author
September 1, 2007
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Hear it! Hear it! The Believed-In
by James McMichael
James McMichael Read by the author
September 1, 2007
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Hear it! Hear it! Report on the 1921 Fight Between Jack Dempsey and George Carpentier [excerpt]
by H. L. Mencken
Read by James Wright
New York City
March 30, 1977

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Hear it! Hear it! Rhode Island
by William Meredith
"Here at the seashore they use the clouds over & over..."
William Meredith Read by the author
October 26, 1975
Guggenhiem Museum
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Hear it! Hear it! James Merrill CD
by James Merrill
James Merrill
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Hear it! Hear it! Lamp, Terracotta Base, U.S., ca. 1925
by James Merrill
James Merrill Read by the author
September 30, 1992
New York University
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Hear it! Hear it! To a Butterfly
by James Merrill
James Merrill 1992
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Hear it! Hear it! A Language for Nature: Preserving the Hawaiian Rainforest
by W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin The California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA
July 19, 2006

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Hear it! Hear it! For the Anniversary of My Death
by W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin 1966
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Hear it! Hear it! My Friends
by W. S. Merwin
"My friends without shields walk on the target..."
W. S. Merwin Read by the author
October 27, 1966
Guggenhiem Museum
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Hear it! Hear it! W.S. Merwin CD
by W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin
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Hear it! Hear it! Assault
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
"I had forgotten how the frogs must sound..."
Edna St. Vincent Millay Read by Dorianne Laux
February 11, 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hear it! Hear it! And the City Stood in its Brightness
by Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz Read by the author
December 17, 1974
Guggenhiem Museum
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Hear it! Hear it! Ars Poetica?
by Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz Read by the author
December 17, 1974
Guggenhiem Museum
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Hear it! Hear it! Czeslaw Milosz CD
by Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz
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Hear it! Hear it! Magpiety
by Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz 1974
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Hear it! Hear it! basin of hills...
by Rusty Morrison
Read by the author
November 7, 2008
The New School, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! only gray rocks with drifting mist...
by Rusty Morrison
Read by the author
November 7, 2008
The New School, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! wind is...
by Rusty Morrison
Read by the author
November 7, 2008
The New School, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Paul Muldoon & Les Murray CD
by Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon
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Hear it! Hear it! Symposium
by Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon Read by the author
May 09, 1996
New School University
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Hear it! Hear it! Present Tense
by Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen Read by the author
July 20, 2001
Philosophy Hall Lounge
Columbia University
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Hear it! Hear it! Souvenir from Anywhere
by Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen July 20, 2001
Philosophy Hall Lounge
Columbia University
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Hear it! Hear it! [Hiking up Topanga Canyon]
by Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! [My Visitor from Nebraska]
by Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen Oct. 16, 2009
Tischman Auditorium, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! The Year of the Kiln Portraits
by Les Murray
Les Murray Read by the author
May 09, 1996
New School University
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Hear it! Hear it! Joan
by Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles Read by the author
May 23, 2009
Saint Peter's Church, New York City
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