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alt.NPR: Poetry Off the Shelf #84: A Straight Man's Epiphany in a Gay Bar

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Oct 04, 2007

Terrance Hayes explores relationships between men.

The Power of Barbie
How David Trinidad's collection of vintage dolls plays into his poetry.
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Honor Thy Father's Day
Robert Hayden and Terrance Hayes take the Hallmark out of the holiday.
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Out of the Poetic Bubble
How Mark Nowak's documentary poetics re-humanizes the Sago Mine Disaster.
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Everything Plus the Kitchen Sink
Robert Polito on Kenneth Fearing's media-saturated poetry as vernacular collage.
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Light in the Service of Loneliness
Fanny Howe, winner of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, reads from her work.
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Bees and Monstrous Babies
Eleanor Wilner on species pity and political power run amok.
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Stop Making Sense
Christian Bök performs the Dada sound-poetry behind the Talking Heads.
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An Essential American Poet
Fanny Howe talks to us about the range of Jean Valentine's poems.
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What If It Doesn't Make Sense?
Matthew Zapruder parses a John Ashbery poem.
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Telephony Is So Retro It's Cool
Al Filreis brings Dial-a-Poem back to life at Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia.
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