Ada Limón
Ada Limón
Limón, Ada
Reading Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020
- Welcome
- Opening Presentation
- Introduction
- Opening Remarks
- "The Three Deaths"
- "Made in America"
- "The First Lie"
- "Contact Rules"
- "What Is Caged Is Also Kept From Us"
- "Cleaning House"
- "The First Snow Without Him"
- "Myths"
- "The Whole Picture"
- "Additional Information"
- "She Begins to Feel Like a Doorway"
- "At Blackburn Thoroughbred Retirement Farm"
- "Maybe It's Best Not to Think That Way"
- "Contrapuntal for Good Behavior"
- "What It Looks Like After the Rain"
- "She Makes a List for the Night's Replay"
- "One: Permitted Items for Visitors"
- "The News She Does Not Give Him"
- "Mostly She Can Contain Herself"
- "Prison Wife"
- "Contrapuntal: The Myth They Made to Survive"
- Question and Answer Session
Welcome-28586
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by Diana Delgado
Opening Presentation-28588
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by Lola Rainey
Introduction-28590
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by Sarah Gzemski
Opening Remarks-28592
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by Ada Limón
"The Three Deaths"-28594
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"Made in America"-28596
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"The First Lie"-28598
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"Contact Rules"-28600
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"What Is Caged Is Also Kept From Us"-28602
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"Cleaning House"-28604
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"The First Snow Without Him"-28606
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"Myths"-28608
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"The Whole Picture"-28610
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"Additional Information"-28612
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"She Begins to Feel Like a Doorway"-28614
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"At Blackburn Thoroughbred Retirement Farm"-28616
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"Maybe It's Best Not to Think That Way"-28618
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"Contrapuntal for Good Behavior"-28620
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"What It Looks Like After the Rain"-28622
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"She Makes a List for the Night's Replay"-28624
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"One: Permitted Items for Visitors"-28626
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"The News She Does Not Give Him"-28628
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"Mostly She Can Contain Herself"-28630
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"Prison Wife"-28632
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"Contrapuntal: The Myth They Made to Survive"-28634
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Question and Answer Session-28636
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Reading Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Series: Art for Justice
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
Series: Art for Justice
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
Ada Limón reads from her poetry manuscript What Is Caged Is Also Kept From Us, commissioned by the Poetry Center as part of the Art for Justice series. Lola Rainey gives an opening presentation focused on pretrial detention.

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