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Hear it! Hear it! Parent's Pantoum
by Carolyn Kizer
"Where did these enormous children come from,..."
Carolyn Kizer Read by the author
March 07, 1995
New School University
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Parrotfish
by Jeffrey Yang
Read by the author
May 21, 2009
Housing Works Bookstore, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Passing
by Carl Phillips
"When the Famous Black Poet speaks,..."
Carl Phillips Read by the author
September 18th, 2007
East Harwich, Massachusetts
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Hear it! Hear it! Patriotics
by David Baker
"Yesterday a little girl got slapped to death by her daddy,..."
David Baker Read by the author
March 2, 2007
AWP Conference, Atlanta
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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! Paul's Tattoo
by Mark Doty
Mark Doty Read by the author
September 30, 2006
Stanhope, New Jersey
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Hear it! Hear it! Penelope Considers a New Do
by Jehanne Dubrow
"The magazines declare: Don't ever cut your hair just after breaking up..."
August 19, 2010
The Arsenal Building, Central Park
New York, NY
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Hear it! Hear it! Peon, May I Speak Thus?
by Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman Read by the author
January 31, 2008
AWP Conference, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Periodic Table of Ethereal Elements
by Lucie Brock-Broido
Lucie Brock-Broido Read by the author
April 28, 2004
Poets House
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Hear it! Hear it! Philip Levine CD
by Philip Levine
Philip Levine
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Hear it! Hear it! Photo of My Father in a Snowbound Train
by David Wojahn
David Wojahn Read by the author
March 23, 1993
Alliance Francaise, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Physical Plant
by Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson Read by the author
February 1, 2008
AWP Conference, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Picket Monsters
by Major Jackson
Read by the author
February 1, 2008
AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Pocahontas
by Ed Ochester
Read by the author
January 31, 2008
AWP Conference, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Poem for Andrew Marvell
by Robert Bly
Robert Bly Read by the author
February 1, 2008
AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Poem in Disconnected Parts
by Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky Read by the author
October 18, 2007
The Times Center
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Hear it! Hear it! Poems We Can Understand
by Paul Hoover
Read by the author
February 1, 2008
AWP Conference, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Poet as Immortal Bird
by Ron Padgett
"A second ago my heart thump went..."
Ron Padgett Read by the author
January 8, 2008
The Academy Offices
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Hear it! Hear it! Polar Explorer
by Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky Read by Paul Muldoon
1996
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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! Prefix: Finding the measure
by Robert Kelly
"Finding the measure is finding the mantram..."
Robert Kelly Read by the author
January 21, 2008
Red Hook, New York
From the Academy Audio Archive

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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! Primogeniture
by Julie Agoos
"Someone put that basket under the dresser..."
Read by the author
April 23, 2008
New York Public Library, Mulberry Branch
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Hear it! Hear it! Privilege of Being
by Robert Hass
"Many are making love. Up above, the angels..."
Robert Hass

From the Academy Audio Archive
Recorded on May 3, 1988
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum



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Hear it! Hear it! Psalm
by George Oppen
"In the small beauty of the forest..."
George Oppen Read by the author
April 9, 1964
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! Purgatory
by Maxine Kumin
"And suppose the darlings get to Mantua,..."
Maxine Kumin Read by the author
February 6, 1979
Guggenheim Museum
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Hear it! Hear it! Putting Things In Proportion
by Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan October 21, 2011
The Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU
New York, NY
From the Academy Audio Archive

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