Insurrection Is Value: A discussion of Sean Bonney’s “Happiness”

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Insurrection Is Value: A discussion of Sean Bonney’s “Happiness”

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Mar 9, 2018

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Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Willey, Anna Strong Safford, and Luke Roberts.

Released:

Mar 9, 2018

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Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.

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Insurrection Is Value: A discussion of Sean Bonney’s “Happiness”

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