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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874, to...
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		Poems about Fruit
		A Short History of the Apple by Dorianne Laux

		An Apple Gathering by Christina Rossetti

		Apples by Grace Schulman

		Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm by Carl Phillips

		Basket of Figs by Ellen Bass

		Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

		Orchard by H. D.

		Pear Tree by H. D.

		Recuerdo by Edna St. Vincent Millay

		The Pomegranate by Eavan Boland

		The Tropics of New York by Claude McKay

		To a Poor Old Woman by William Carlos Williams

		White Apples by Donald Hall

Tender Buttons [Apple]
by Gertrude Stein read by Ann Lauterbach


APPLE Apple plum, carpet steak, seed clam, colored wine, calm seen, cold cream, best shake, potato, potato and no no gold work with pet, a green seen is called bake and change sweet is bready, a little piece a little piece please. A little piece please. Cane again to the presupposed and ready eucalyptus tree, count out sherry and ripe plates and little corners of a kind of ham. This is use.
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May 30, 2009 The Strand Bookstore, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive