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An Interview and Reading by Rae Armantrout

January 27, 2012
An Interview and Reading by Rae Armantrout

 
 

An excerpt from 'Around':
  
Chuck and I are pleased
to have found a spot
where my ashes can be scattered.
It looks like a construction site
now
but it’s adjacent
to a breathtaking, rocky coast.
 
Dec. 16, 2011
Rita Dove
reads selected poems.
 
Oct. 5, 2011
Philip Schultz
reads selected poems.
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