Tongo Eisen-Martin - October 17, 2019

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UA Poetry Center
Tongo Eisen-Martin

Tongo Eisen-Martin reads new work commissioned as part of the Art for Justice series. Timoteio Padilla represents Sustainable Nations in an opening presentation.

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Sustainable Nations
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by Timoteio Padilla

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Introduction
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by Brandon Shimoda

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"Knees Next to Their Wallets"
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Uncollected.

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"Chemical Extradition"
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Uncollected.

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"A Good Consciousness"
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Uncollected.

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"No Stars Over the Trenches Tonight"
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Uncollected.

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"Lower-Class Artist Imagines"
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Uncollected.

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"Factory of Wrists"
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Uncollected.

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"Two Sides Fight"
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Uncollected.

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"I Make Promises Before I Dream"
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Uncollected.

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"A Sketch About Genocide"
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Uncollected.

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"Apologies, Lord"
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Uncollected.

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"The Suburbs Are Finally Offended"
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Uncollected.

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"I Imitate You"
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Uncollected.

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"Clocked In Still Starving"
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Uncollected.

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Excerpts from "Heaven Is All Goodbyes" and "someone's dead already"
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Eisen-Martin reads a selection of excerpts from his poetry collections Heaven Is All Goodbyes (2017) and someone's dead already (2015).

Citation

Eisen-Martin, Tongo. someone's dead already. Bootstrap Press, 2015. 

Eisen-Martin, Tongo. Heaven Is All Goodbyes. City Lights Books, 2017.

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Question and Answer Session
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Tongo Eisen-Martin
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Patri Hadad
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