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Adrian Matejka, Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana, 2018 to 2019. Reciting "Chicken and Other Stereotypes," a poem from his volume "The Big Smoke," 2013.

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On a projection screen behind Mr. Matejka is a video clip of a racetrack event. The spectators cheer and wave. A mass of men crowd around a race car.

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A flyer for a boxing match: Jack Johnson versus Tommy Burns, December 26, 1908.

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At an outdoor boxing competition are hundreds of spectators, crowded together in ascending circles around the ring. Before the match, several officiants stand inside the ring.

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The fighters commence their battle. As they jab and punch, sliding forward and backward, the referee stands nearby in every configuration they assume.

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The fighters tussle, trying to bring each other down at every turn.