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Poetry Gone Cold

Annie Finch explores the metaphorical meaning of winter.

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05/19/2008 Listen The Thought of No One Listening Anymore Philip Schultz
05/12/2008 Listen Who's Gonna Read This Stuff? Chase Twichell
05/01/2008 Listen Abusing Animals in the Name of Poetry Kay Ryan
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04/01/2008 Listen Philip Whalen, Totally Philip Whalen
03/24/2008 Listen This Cold Day Mary Jo Bang
03/10/2008 Listen Activist Poetry That Won't Make You Run the Other Way Rigoberto González
02/25/2008 Listen From Charles Reznikoff to Chuck D Philip Metres
02/13/2008 Listen Valentine's with a Straight Face Li-Young Lee
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10/04/2007 Listen A Straight Man's Epiphany in a Gay Bar Terrance Hayes
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09/19/2007 Listen Kay Ryan on Robert Frost Kay Ryan
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