Ai,

The poet Ai sits with her hands folded on her lap, wearing a button-down shirt.

March 6, 1985

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Lois Shelton

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September 13, 1972

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LaVerne Harrell Clark

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September 13, 1972

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LaVerne Harrell Clark

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Readings from this author

March 6, 1985 - Ai

Ai reads solely from the manuscript for Sin, a collection published the year following this reading. She briefly discusses her time at the University of Arizona, where she was a student during the late 1960s.

September 13, 1972 - Ai

Reading in Tucson for the second time in 1972, Ai reads from her manuscript then titled Wheel in a Ditch, which would be published the following year as Cruelty (1973), her first book. She also reads several poems that would appear in her second book, Killing Floor (1979), as well as several that remain uncollected.

March 16, 1972 - 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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