Bojan Louis: The Poem, Listening

Published: April 21, 2021, 7 a.m.

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Bojan Louis shares poems that embody deep listening and engagement with particular realities. He introduces Alan Dugan\\u2019s grasp of each moment\\u2019s truth (\\u201cLove Song: I and Thou\\u201d); Layli Long Soldier\\u2019s poetry of image, witness, and ways of being (\\u201cWHEREAS her birth signaled\\u2026\\u201d); and Angel Nafis\\u2019s critical song that speaks to community (\\u201cGhazal to Open Cages\\u201d). Louis closes with a recently published ghazal (\\u201cGhazal VI\\u201d) of his own.

Listen to the full recordings of Dugan, Long Soldier, and Nafis reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:
Alan Dugan (1966)
Layli Long Solider (2017)
Angel Nafis (2019)\\xa0

Listen to a 2019 reading by Bojan Louis on Voca.

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