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further discussion of Brooks's "Boy Breaking Glass" [2018 webcast]

further discussion of Brooks’s “Boy Breaking Glass” [2018 webcast]

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video: further poem discussion
0:12:42
further discussion of Brooks's "Boy Breaking Glass" [2019 webcast]

further discussion of Brooks’s “Boy Breaking Glass” [2019 webcast]

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video: further poem discussion
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discussion of Brooks's "Boy Breaking Glass" in the context of documentary photography

discussion of Brooks’s “Boy Breaking Glass” in the context of documentary photography

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video: further poem discussion
0:21:50
discussion of Gwendolyn Brooks's "Boy Breaking Glass" (abridged)

discussion of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Boy Breaking Glass” (abridged)

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video: further poem discussion
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"Boy Breaking Glass" vs. "Mending Wall"

“Boy Breaking Glass” vs. “Mending Wall”

A 5-minute clip from a 2025 live webcast.

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video: webcast
00:04:57
text of Gwendolyn Brooks's "Riot"

text of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Riot”

Title poem in Riot (1969).

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text: poem or poems
discussion of Brooks's "Riot" (PoemTalk)

discussion of Brooks’s “Riot” (PoemTalk)

Link to PoemTalk program note.

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audio: discussion
00:43:14
text of Long Soldier's "Talent"

text of Long Soldier’s “Talent”

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text: poem or poems
discussion of Long Soldier's "Talent"

discussion of Long Soldier’s “Talent”

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video: primary poem discussion
0:21:58
discussion on irony in Lechlitner's "Lines for an Abortionist's Office"

discussion on irony in Lechlitner’s “Lines for an Abortionist’s Office”

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video: further poem discussion
0:06:48
discussion on close reading and teaching Lechlitner's "Lines for an Abortionist's Office"

discussion on close reading and teaching Lechlitner’s “Lines for an Abortionist’s Office”

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video: further poem discussion
0:38:58
discussion on teaching Taggard's "Interior"

discussion on teaching Taggard’s “Interior”

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video: further poem discussion
0:13:53
text of Rolfe's "First Love"

text of Rolfe’s “First Love”

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text: poem or poems
community discussion of Rolfe's "First Love" (Madison WI, 2019)

community discussion of Rolfe’s “First Love” (Madison WI, 2019)

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video: CCCR
0:20:11
text of Rolfe's "For Eyes"

text of Rolfe’s “For Eyes”

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text: poem or poems
community discussion of Rolfe's "For Eyes" (Madison WI, 2018)

community discussion of Rolfe’s “For Eyes” (Madison WI, 2018)

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video: CCCR
0:22:41
community discussion of Brooks's "Boy Breaking Glass" (Los Angeles, 2017)

community discussion of Brooks’s “Boy Breaking Glass” (Los Angeles, 2017)

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video: CCCR
0:35:53
community discussion of Brooks's "Boy Breaking Glass" (Jason Zuzga office hour, 2021)

community discussion of Brooks’s “Boy Breaking Glass” (Jason Zuzga office hour, 2021)

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video: CCCR
0:42:52
text of Kaufman's "Jail Poems"

text of Kaufman’s “Jail Poems”

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text: poem or poems
discussion of Kaufman's "Jail Poems"

discussion of Kaufman’s “Jail Poems”

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video: primary poem discussion
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