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Poems on Air

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A weekly reading of poetry by Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson.

Episode 16: Terrance Hayes

Terrance Hayes, Lynne Thompson

July 15, 2021

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Episode 15: Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye, Lynne Thompson

July 7, 2021

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Episode 14: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles

Dorothy Barresi, Lynne Thompson

June 30, 2021

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Episode 13: Skin

Kwame Dawes, Lynne Thompson

June 24, 2021

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Episode 12: We Are Not Responsible

Harryette Mullen, Lynne Thompson

June 16, 2021

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Episode 11: This Name / His

F. Douglas Brown, Lynne Thompson

June 10, 2021

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Episode 10: In the Chapel of St. Mary’s

Donika Kelly, Lynne Thompson

June 3, 2021

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Episode 9: Friendships

Victoria Chang, Lynne Thompson

May 27, 2021

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Episode 8: Learning to Love America

Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Lynne Thompson

May 20, 2021

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Episode 7: The Sign Says “Closed for Business”

Amy Uyematsu, Lynne Thompson

May 13, 2021

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Episode 6: Agent Blue

Teresa Mei Chuc, Lynne Thompson

May 6, 2021

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Episode 5: Harry It’s Raining

Holly Prado, Lynne Thompson

April 29, 2021

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Episode 4: Words are Birds

Francisco X. Alarcón, Lynne Thompson

April 22, 2021

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Episode 3: Rose Solitude

Jayne Cortez, Lynne Thompson

April 15, 2021

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Episode 2: And the Grass Did Grow

Ralph Angel, Lynne Thompson

April 8, 2021

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Episode 1: American Sonnet 15

Wanda Coleman, Lynne Thompson

April 1, 2021

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