Alison Hawthorne Deming: The Big Story of Life on Earth

Published: July 1, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Alison Hawthorne Deming introduces recordings of Diane Ackerman reading a love poem for an extraterrestrial (\\u201cOde to the Alien\\u201d), Cornelius Eady choosing gratitude as a response to anger and racial discrimination (\\u201cGratitude\\u201d), and N. Scott Momaday describing a memorable encounter with Georgia O\\u2019Keeffe (\\u201cForms of the Earth at Abiquiu\\u201d). Deming also reads a new poem written during this time of quarantine and isolation, \\u201cTerritory Drive,\\u201d originally published at Terrain.org.

Listen to the full recordings of Ackerman, Eady, and Momaday reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:
Diane Ackerman (1985)
Cornelius Eady (1991)
N. Scott Momaday (1992)

You can also find readings by Alison Hawthorne Deming on Voca, including her most recent, which was given as part of our Climate Change & Poetry series in 2017.\\xa0

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