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5:48
Amanda Gorman
"The Hill We Climb"
2:17
Emily Dickinson
What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry
3:31
Andri Snær Magnason
On time and water
5:51
Allison Russell
"Kathy"
2:03
Lewis Carroll
"Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense
4:51
Philip Freeman
The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors
29:16
Aaron Maniam
New ways to understand life in a pandemic
10:38
Oliver Jeffers
An ode to living on Earth
4:34
Soraya Field Fiorio
Who was the world's first author?
4:32
Theresa A. Yugar
History's "worst" nun
7:31
Marilyn Nelson
Poetry that honors the remarkable life of George Washington Carver
4:56
Sheila Marie Orfano
Why should you read Dante's "Divine Comedy"?
3:23
Aracelis Girmay
"For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card"
4:50
Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara
The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed
6:32
Elliah Heifetz, Jane Bruce
"Jerusalem" / "It Will Shine For You"
1:00
Clint Smith
"Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class"
4:29
Ilan Stavans
Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda
14:55
Poet Ali
The language of being human
4:31
Ilan Stavans
Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges
1:18
Emma Lazarus
"New Colossus"
2:03
Robert Frost
"The Road Not Taken"
1:18
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
"Three Months After"
2:27
William Shakespeare
"All the World's a Stage"
4:25
Brendan Constantine
The Opposites Game
1:49
William Butler Yeats
"The Second Coming"
4:35
Andrea Gibson
"The Nutritionist"
2:02
Safia Elhillo
"To Make Use of Water"
2:22
Denice Frohman
"Accents"
4:31
Silvia Moreno-García
Titan of terror: the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft
7:14
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
"You Have the Rite"
4:53
Sarah Kay
"A Bird Made of Birds"
2:28
Tim Seibles
"First Kiss"
4:28
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read Sylvia Plath?
4:26
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
11:54
Aja Monet and phillip agnew
A love story about the power of art as organizing
7:19
Amanda Gorman
Using your voice is a political choice
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