Ai - March 16, 1972

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Pima Community College
Ai

In this reading at Pima Community College, Ai reads poems that would later be collected in Cruelty (1973), some of which differ from the published versions. She also reads several poems that would remain uncollected and talks about her experiences in graduate school.

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Introduction
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by Philip Levine (?)

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"Abortion"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Hangman"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Color Thief"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Root Eater"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"I Have Got to Stop Loving You"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Sweet"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"1931"
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Differs from published version.

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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Recapture"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Widow"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Hitchhiker"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Cripple"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Tenant Farmer"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Cruelty"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Suicide"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Indecision"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Forgive Me, but I Remember Christmas in Our Kitchen"
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Uncollected.

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"Cuba, 1962"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Why Can't I Leave You"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Sunday"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Woman to Man"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Corpse Hauler's Elegy"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Woman"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"Foetal Stew"
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Uncollected.

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"Disregard"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"For Alex, 5 Years Old"
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Uncollected.

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"Child Beater"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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"The Dwarf"
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Ai. Cruelty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

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