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Music — Antonius Nazareth, Music Director

Special Music — Paul Mahdavi-Bernstein

Performers Leandro Cano, Dom Magwili, and Lauri Semarne interpret poems of protest and witness from a diverse array of writers including Maya Angelou, Wendell Berry, Ada Limon, and Maggie Smith.

Poems:  Poetry of Resistance

List of Poems:

• CAGED BIRD, by Maya Angelou
• WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, by Harryette Mullen
• DAKOTA HOMECOMING, by Gwen Nell Westerman
• HELEN BETTY OSBORNE, by Marilyn DuMont
• DO NOT BE ASHAMED, by Wendell Berry
• THE SIGN IN MY FATHER’ S HANDS, by Martín Espada
• WHAT HE THOUGHT, by Heather McHugh
• PHENOMENAL DAUGHTER, by Nathalie Handal
• A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM, by Ada Limón
• Three pages from KEEP MOVING, by Maggie Smith
• A BODY’S UNIVERSE OF BIG BANGS, by Leslie Contreras Schwartz
• TO THE CENSORIOUS ONES, by Anne Waldman