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Billy Collins Performs "Monday"

By Billy Collins — 2011

This performance comes from the very first Page Meets Stage pairing of Billy Collins and Taylor Mali on November 12, 2005, back when the series was called Page vs. Stage.

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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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What Does It Mean to Be Human? | Sonia Sanchez | TEDxPhiladelphia

In this captivating reading, legendary poet, activist and scholar Sonia Sanchez explores the most important question of the 21st century: What does it mean to be human?

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