The New Yorker: Poetry

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Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright

Ariel Francisco joins Kevin Young to read "By a Lake in Minnesota," by James Wright, and his own poem "Along the East River and in the Bronx Young Men Were Singing." Francisco is a poet and translator who published his debut poetry collection, "All My Heroes Are Broke," in 2017. His new book, "A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship," is forthcoming in 2020.

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  Jim Moore Reads Jane Mead

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  Amber Tamblyn Reads Didi Jackson

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  Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska

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  Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark

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  Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright

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  Special Feature: Major Jackson reads Clint Smith on The Slowdown

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  José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye

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  Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain

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  Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver

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  Richie Hofmann Reads Henri Cole

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  Bianca Stone Reads Franz Wright

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  Evie Shockley Reads Rita Dove

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  Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise Bogan

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  Diane Mehta Reads Eavan Boland

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  Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin

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  David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly