James Thomas Stevens - October 8, 2003

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UA Poetry Center

Location
Modern Languages Auditorium
James Thomas Stevens

James Thomas Stevens reads poems from Combing the Snakes from His Hair (2002), as well as poems that would later be collected in A Bridge Dead in the Water (2007). This reading was originally given with Matthea Harvey and Olena Kalytiak Davis for the Next Word in Poetry Series.

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Welcome
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by Frances Sjoberg

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Introduction
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by Sherwin Bitsui

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"Sustaining This Massive Shade"
Citation

Stevens, James Thomas. Combing the Snakes from His Hair. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.

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"Three Translations from the Mohawk"
Citation

Stevens, James Thomas. Combing the Snakes from His Hair. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.

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Excerpts from "The Ritual of Condolence"
Description

"II. Ears or Hearing," "III. Throat," "IV. Within His Breast," "XII. The Woman and Warrior," and "XIII. Anything Can Happen On Earth, Even Insanity"

Citation

Stevens, James Thomas. Combing the Snakes from His Hair. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.

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"Lacrosse Night-Iroquoia"
Citation

Stevens, James Thomas. A Bridge Dead in the Water. Great Wilbraham: Salt Publishing, 2007.

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"Canal"
Citation

Stevens, James Thomas. A Bridge Dead in the Water. Great Wilbraham: Salt Publishing, 2007.

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"(dis)Orient"
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Stevens, James Thomas. A Bridge Dead in the Water. Great Wilbraham: Salt Publishing, 2007.

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James Thomas Stevens
Photographer
Christine Krikliwy
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