Brenda Hillman - October 22, 2015

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UA Poetry Center
Brenda Hillman

Brenda Hillman reads from her books Bright Existence (1993), Practical Water (2009), and Seasonal Works With Letters On Fire (2013), along with uncollected and new poems. 

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Susan Briante

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Opening Remarks and "As the Roots Prepare for Literature"
Citation

Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"To Spirits of Fire After Harvest"
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Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"Some Kinds of Reading in Childhood"
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Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"Grammar of This Life at Noon"
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Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"Black Series"
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Hillman, Brenda. Bright Existence. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England, 1993. 

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"In High Desert Under the Drones"
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Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"Experiments with Poetry Are Taken Outdoors (An Essay On Choosing a New Camera)"
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Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"The Forests of Grief and Color"
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This poem has an extended epigraph from an essay by Judith Butler. Uncollected. 

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"On a Day, in the World"
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Hillman, Brenda. "On a Day, in the World." Kenyon Review 37.5 (2015): 40. Print.

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"From Metaphor and Simile: Day 2"
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Uncollected.

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"From Metaphor and Simile: Day 3"
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Hillman, Brenda. "From Metaphor and Simile: Day 3." Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 8 (2015): n. pag. Web. 16 November 2015.

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"From Metaphor and Simile: Day 4"
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Uncollected. 

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"From Metaphor and Simile: Day 5 and Day 23"
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"From Metaphor and Simile: Day 5" is uncollected. "From Metaphor and Simile: Day 23" differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Hillman, Brenda. "From Metaphor and Simile: Day 23." Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion 8 (2015): n. pag. Web. 16 November 2015.

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"Till It Finishes What It Does"
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Dedicated to the poet's father, Jimmye Hillman. 

Citation

Hillman, Brenda. Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 

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"To a Desert Poet"
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This poem was written for the dedication of the Poetry Center building in 2007.

Citation

Hillman, Brenda. Practical Water. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2009. 

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Brenda Hillman
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Cybele Knowles
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