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Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Linh Dinh, Randall Couch, Jessica Lowenthal, Charles Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, and others.
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Noncanonical Congo: A Discussion of Vachel Lindsay's "The Congo."

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Charles Bernstein, Aldon Nielsen, and Michelle Taransky.

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