Sinan Antoon - February 4, 2010

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Sinan Antoon

Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon reads from his collection Baghdad Blues and uncollected translations of many more poems. He concludes the reading with a performance of a poem in Arabic.

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"Think of Others"
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Poem by Mahmoud Darwish, read by Sinan Antoon.

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"The Poet"
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Unpublished.

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"A Word"
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Unpublished.

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"Angels on My Ceilings"
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Published version bears the title "Angels on My Ceiling."

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Antoon, Sinan. "Four Poems." Banipal 38 (2010): 76-79. Print.

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"Wine Song"
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Unpublished.

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"I Don't Visit My Mother"
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Unpublished.

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"A Letter for Al-Mutanabbi Street"
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Unpublished.

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"One Night in Many Cities"
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Published version bears the title "One Night in All Cities."

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Antoon, Sinan. "Four Poems." Banipal 38 (2010): 76-79. Print.

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"Spring"
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Antoon, Sinan. "Four Poems." Banipal 38 (2010): 76-79. Print.

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"Rest Your Horns"
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Unpublished.

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"From the diary of a ghost"
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Unpublished.

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"He pours whiskey on time"
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Published version bears the title "On Time."

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Antoon, Sinan. "On Time." Ploughshares 35:1 (2009): 14. Print.

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"A handbag from Chinatown"
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Unpublished.

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"Break-up"
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Unpublished.

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"Dampness"
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Unpublished.

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"Delving"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"Phantasmagoria"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"A Sip"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"Absence"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"Clouds"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"The Milky Way"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"A Prism; Wet With Wars"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"When I was torn by war"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"To an Iraqi Infant"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"Sifting"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"Wrinkles, on the wind's forehead"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"String"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"Just another evening (in black and you)"
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Antoon, Sinan. Baghdad Blues. Brownsville, VT: Harbor Mountain Press, 2007.

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"On days like this"
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Unpublished.

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"A Night with a Thousand Shores"
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Antoon, Sinan. "Four Poems." Banipal 38 (2010): 76-79. Print.

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"Phosphorus"
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Unpublished.

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"I Don't Visit My Mother" in Arabic
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Question and Answer Session
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