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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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Ill Angelic Poetics: A Discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's "Dream-Land"

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring John Timpane, Thomas Devaney, and Jerome McGann.

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