Roger Bonair-Agard - April 28, 2011

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Roger Bonair-Agard

Roger Bonair-Agard delivers a dynamic performance of poems from his second book, Gully (2010), as well as new work.

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Welcome
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by Cybele Knowles

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Introduction
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by Logan Phillips

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"allegory of the black man at work in a synagogue"
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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Gully. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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"The all black penguin speaks: 17 facts you did not know about me"
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Published version bears the title "The all black penguin speaks."

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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Bury My Clothes. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2013.

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"how to write a love poem"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Bury My Clothes. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2013.

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"A Time of Polio"
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Differs from published version.

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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Bury My Clothes. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2013.

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"earth and God"
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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Gully. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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"Paesano"
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Uncollected.

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"Ode to the man who leaned out the truck to call me nigger"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Bury My Clothes. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2013.

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"contradiction (a ghazal for L'il Wayne)"
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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Gully. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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"American History looks for light"
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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Gully. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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"Roger, 9, pens a note for his adult self--Winnipeg, 1977"
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Published version bears the title "Roger, Chicago, 2011, pens a note for his 9-year-old self, Winnipeg, 1977." Differs from published version.

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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Bury My Clothes. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2013.

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"Atonement"
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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Gully. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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"The guard in juvie tries to hip some unruly kids as to what's in store"
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Uncollected.

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"the tragicomedy of the black boy blues; or a hip-hop negretto; or the boy became black at JFK"
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Bonair-Agard, Roger. Gully. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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Cybele Knowles
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Roger Bonair-Agard
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Cybele Knowles
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