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In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems (part 2)

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In Readings In a Time of Crisis: A Reading of Poems

After the tragedy on September 11th, 2001, the New York City literary community sponsored a now historic reading at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, introduced by Alice Quinn and featuring in Part 2 readings by Robert Pinksy, Sapphire, Vijay Seshadri, Anna Deavere Smith, Susan Sontag, and C. K. Williams.

Monday, October 22nd, 2001

The Great Hall, Cooper Union

Co-sponsored with The Academy of American Poets, Poets House, PEN American Center, Poets & Writers, Inc., The Unterberg Poetry Center, Columbia University School of the Arts, NYU Creative Writing Program, New School Graduate Writing Program, CLMP, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Writer's Voice, and Cooper Union.

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