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Where Many Rivers Meet

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By David Whyte — 1990

This is David Whyte’s second book of poetry, now in its 6th printing.

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Jane Hirshfield, "A Branch of Yellow Leaves"

Full lecture title: "A Branch of Yellow Leaves: Buddhism, the World and Poetry"

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Jane Hirshfield
2019
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Poet Jane Hirshfield on her "Unearned Luck," her Poetry and a 360-Degree Life

In this edition of "The Writing Life," poet Michael Collier speaks with poet, essayist and translator Jane Hirshfield about her work and the necessity of poetry in the world. Ms. Hirshfield begins by reading "The Poet," which she often uses as an opening poem in her readings.

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Jane Hirshfield
2012
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02:58

Jane Hirshfield on What Inspires Her Poetry

At the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington D.C., Academy Chancellor Jane Hirshfield joined us for a conversation about poetry and the poet's role in American culture today.

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Jane Hirshfield
2015
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01:32

Saeed Jones - Drag

Saeed Jones, reading from his book, "Prelude to Bruise", at Art Share LA.

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Saeed Jones
2015
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Saeed Jones Reads at the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival

Saeed Jones reads "The Blue Dress in Mother's Closet" and "Boy in a Whalebone Corset" at the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival.

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Saeed Jones
2016
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18:29

If I Should Have a Daughter . . . | Sarah Kay

“If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B ...” began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011.

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2011
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Amanda Gorman Reads Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, read an original work at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

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Amanda Gorman
2021
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Nikki Giovanni Reads Her Poem “Vote”

Nikki Giovanni is 77, a civil rights activist, a poet driven to give voice to the Black community, and a self-described “little old lady” with a tattoo that reads “thug life.” And this fall, she has one message (written in verse, of course): VOTE.​

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Nikki Giovanni
2020
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe discipline of poetry is in overhearing yourself say difficult truths from which it is impossible to retreat.

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David Whyte
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Audre Lorde: “A Woman Speaks”—Reading at Amerika Haus Berlin 1984

Audre Lorde came to Berlin as a guest professor at the John-F.-Kennedy Institute at the Free University of Berlin in 1984. That year she gave a reading at the annual conference of the German Association of North-American Studies which took place at the Amerika House.

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Audre Lorde
2016
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