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Pop-up Poetry 2020

April 19, 2020 by C. Ross

National Poetry Month
April 2020

Normally held under the Calder mobile in H-L Library, our annual Pop-Up Poetry event took a turn this year.  For five consecutive days in April, while the college was enduring the COVID-19 crisis, members of the Bowdoin community helped us celebrate National Poetry Month by reading a favorite poem live on Facebook from their homes or offices.  Let these voices lighten your day — have a listen…

Brooks Peters on Facebook Live
Brooks Peters ‘23 reads ‘Dreamwood’ by Adrienne Rich
Lily Poppen on Facebook Live
Lily Poppen ’22 reads ‘The Goddess Who Created This Passing World’ by Alice Notley
Abigail Killeen on Facebook Live
Abigail Killeen, Associate Professor of Theater, reads ‘Still Life with Lightbulb’ by Betsy Sholl
Nate Moranville on Facebook Live
Nate DeMoranville ’20 reads ‘Let America Be America Again’ by Langston Hughes
Guy Saldanha inside the Bowdoin College Library
Guy Saldanha, the Library’s Interlibrary Loan Supervisor, reads ‘The Time You Won Your Town the Race: To an Athlete Dying Young’ By A E Housman

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