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Terrance Hayes in Conversation With Mary Karr

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In this event recorded at the Brooklyn Heights Public Library and hosted by Books Are Magic, Terrance Hayes discusses his new poetry collection, So to Speak (Penguin Books, 2023), and his new essay collection, Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry (Penguin Books, 2023), with poet and memoirist Mary Karr.

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Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
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Terrance Hayes
Mary Karr
Brooklyn Public Library
Books Are Magic
2023
So to Speak
Watch Your Language
Penguin Books
Page One
July/August 2023

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

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In celebration of Walt Whitman’s bicentennial birthday on May 31 of 2019, Brooklyn residents—including Mahogany L. Browne, Jason Koo, Gregory Pardlo, Ben Purkert, and Brooklyn poet laureate Tina Chang—recite his 1856 poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” from Leaves of Grass in various neighborhoods and libraries throughout the borough. This video was produced by the Brooklyn Public Library.

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Poetry
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Walt Whitman
reading
2019
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Leaves of Grass
Tina Chang
Ben Purkert
Gregory Pardlo
Jason Koo
Mahogany L. Browne
Brooklyn Public Library
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