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Clarence Major Reads Billy Collins

Clarence Major joins Kevin Young to read “Downpour,” by Billy Collins, and his own poem “Hair.” Major’s recent honors include a PEN Oakland Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award in the fine arts from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation. 

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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

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  Kate Baer Reads Ellen Bass

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  Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis

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  Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez

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  Diane Seuss Reads Jane Huffman

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  Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges