Happy National Poetry Month! BOA Editions is excited to once again partner with WXXI—Rochester's very own public radio station—to celebrate National Poetry Month with a special series of "Poetry Moments" this April.
These 2-3 minute segments will feature twelve of our favorite poems read by BOA's staff, board members, and friends. "Poetry Moments" will be broadcast throughout the week April 9–20 and will air at 12:20pm on Classical 91.5; at 2:38pm on AM 1370; and at 9:20am on WRUR Different Radio. You can also listen to the full list of recordings online anytime, anywhere.
Here's a full list of poems being read on-air this month:
"Self-Portrait As So Much Potential" by Chen Chen, read by Peter Conners
"Sentimental Education" by Louis Simpson, read by Grant Holcomb
"Insomniac in Spring" by Christine Kitano, read by Daphne Morrisey
"Two Pianos" by Charles Rafferty, read by Jack Langerak
"Recognitions" by Stephen Dobyns, read by Boo Poulin
"Gaman" by Christine Kitano, read by Bill Waddell
"Origin of Glass" by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, read by Jonathan Everitt
"His Burning Cloud" by Marsha de la O, read by Jeff Clark
"satchmo" by Lucille Clifton, read by Jack Garner
"On the Island where I come from" by Nin Andrews, read by Bernadette Catalana
"The Second O of Sorrow" by Sean Thomas Dougherty, read by Sandi Henschel
"Self-Portrait as the Man I’ve Become" by Craig Morgan Teicher, read by Brian Wood
Happy National Poetry Month!
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