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Hear it! Hear it! Ars Poetica
by Philip Schultz
Read by the author
April 3, 2002
The Academy Offices
From the Academy Audio Archive


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Hear it! Hear it! Her Kind
by Anne Sexton
"I have gone out, a possessed witch,..."
Anne Sexton Read by the author
from Anne Sexton Reads
Caedmon

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Hear it! Hear it! I'm Over the Moon
by Brenda Shaughnessy
"I don't like what the moon is supposed to do..."
Brenda Shaughnessy Read by the author
October 19, 2007
The New School, Tishman Auditorium
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Riddle
by Charles Simic
Charles Simic Read by the author
May 03, 1977
Donnell Library Center
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Round
by Tom Sleigh
"Somebody's alone in his head, somebody's a kid..."
Tom Sleigh Read by the author
April 19, 2007
Regina Peruggi Room, Marymount Manhattan College
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Duende
by Tracy K. Smith
"The earth is dry and they live wanting..."
from From the Fishouse

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Hear it! Hear it! Afternoon Memory
by Gary Soto
"Sometimes I'll look in the refrigerator..."
Gary Soto April 7, 1997
92nd St. Y
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! After Vallejo
by A. B. Spellman
"i will die in havana in a hurricane..."
Read by the author
April 23, 2008
New York Public Library, Mulberry Branch
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Groovin' Low
by A. B. Spellman
Read by the author
April 23, 2008
New York Public Library, Mulberry Branch
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! When Black People Are
by A. B. Spellman
Read by the author
April 23, 2008
New York Public Library, Mulberry Branch
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Fixed
by Christopher Stackhouse
Read by the author
April 21, 2008
Housing Works Bookstore, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach
by William Stafford
"We would climb the highest dune,..."
William Stafford Read by the author
April 18, 1974
Hunter College
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Death By Wind
by Gerald Stern
Gerald Stern Read by the author
October 18, 2007
The Times Center
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Sylvia
by Gerald Stern
Gerald Stern 1992
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! The Idea of Order at Key West
by Wallace Stevens
"She sang beyond the genius of the sea...."
Wallace Stevens Read by the author
from Wallace Stevens Reads
Caedmon

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Hear it! Hear it! Lost Colony
by Susan Stewart
Susan Stewart Read by the author
October 18, 2007
The Times Center
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! From the Long Sad Party
by Mark Strand
"Someone was saying..."
Mark Strand Read by the author
May 09, 1978
Guggenhiem Museum
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Anamorphosis
by Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen Read by the author
April 16, 2008
The Arsenal, Central Park
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Certain Principles Must Be Observed
by Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen Read by the author
April 16, 2008
The Arsenal, Central Park
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Orangeries
by Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen Read by the author
April 16, 2008
The Arsenal, Central Park
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! That the Soul May Wax Plump
by May Swenson
"My dumpy little mother on the undertaker's slab..."
May Swenson Read by the author
October 28, 1985
Guggenhiem Museum
From the Academy Audio Archive

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