July 2009

Stefanie Wortman reads "The Chimney Sweeper" [from Songs of Experience] by William Blake

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In this installment, Stefanie Wortman reads "The Chimney Sweeper" [from Songs of Experience] by William Blake. Wortman's poems have appeared in the Yale Review, New Orleans Review, and Subtropics. She is currently pursuing a PhD in creative writing from the University of Missouri.

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William Blake, "The Chimney Sweeper"

A little black thing among the snow:
Crying weep, weep, in notes of woe!
Where are thy father & mother? say?

Carey Salerno reads "When I have fears that I may cease to be" by John Keats

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In this installment, Carey Salerno reads "When I have fears that I may cease to be" by John Keats. Salerno is the Director of Alice James Books. Her first book, Shelter, won the 2007 Kinereth Gensler Award and was published in 2009. Carey has an MFA from New England College. Her work has appeared in such journals as Rattle and Natural Bridge. She lives in Farmington, Maine.

Wesley McNair reads "When I have fears that I may cease to be" by John Keats

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In this installment, Wesley McNair reads "When I have fears that I may cease to be" by John Keats. McNair has received fellowships from the Rockefeller, Fulbright and Guggenheim foundations, an NEH Fellowship in literature, and two NEA fellowships. Other honors include the Jane Kenyon Award, the Robert Frost Award, the Theodore Roethke Prize, the Eunice Tietjens Prize from Poetry magazine, the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal, an Emmy Award, and two honorary degrees for literary distinction.