![<description><!-- cla-toc-start --><h3>Into the Archives</h3>
<h5>A National Poetry Month Digital Reading</h5>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Listen in as we move through decades of poetry at <em>Colorado Review</em> in celebration of National Poetry Month!</p>
<p>This June, social media manager and associate editor Alec Witthohn, delved into <em>Colorado Review</em>&#8216;s archives to bring you eight exceptional poets from across the magazine&#8217;s history. Interns and editors here at <em>Colorado Review</em> helped to select and read some our favorite poems while Alec provides historical and aesthetic background on each poet, guiding you on a journey that spans all the way from the Winter of 1956 to the Summer of 2017.</p>
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<h6>Selections include:</h6>
<p>Kitasono Katue &#8211; &#8220;A Black Chapel&#8221; read by Alec Witthohn &#8211; (Winter 1956)</p>
<p>Rosario Castellanos &#8211; &#8220;Useless Day&#8221; read by Carolina Bucheli &#8211; (Fall 1979)</p>
<p>Yusef Komunyakaa &#8211; &#8220;The Brain to the Heart&#8221; read by Linnea Harris &#8211; (Fall 1985)</p>
<p>Holly Prado &#8211; &#8220;Never Another Light Than This&#8221; read by C. E. Janecek &#8211; (Fall/Winter 1988)</p>
<p>Toi Derricotte &#8211; &#8220;The Wedding&#8221; read by Lauren Furman &#8211; (Spring/Summer 1989)</p>
<p>Brenda Hillman &#8211; &#8220;After the Feast at Year&#8217;s End&#8221; read by Mika Todd &#8211; (Summer 2012)</p>
<p>Victoria Chang &#8211; &#8220;[I Used to My Father Used to Used to Sit in a Living Room with My]&#8221; read by Tasha Seebeck &#8211; (Fall/Winter 2012)</p>
<p>Kaveh Akbar &#8211; &#8220;On Bridges and the Shadows of Bridges&#8221; read by Stephanie G&#8217;Schwind &#8211; (Summer 2017)</p>
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Colorado Review Podcast
Colorado Review Podcast
Into the Archives: A National Poetry Month Digital Reading
APR 25, 202319 MIN
Into the Archives: A National Poetry Month Digital Reading
APR 25, 202319 MIN
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<!-- cla-toc-start --><h3>Into the Archives</h3>
<h5>A National Poetry Month Digital Reading</h5>
<p> </p>
<p>Listen in as we move through decades of poetry at <em>Colorado Review</em> in celebration of National Poetry Month!</p>
<p>This June, social media manager and associate editor Alec Witthohn, delved into <em>Colorado Review</em>‘s archives to bring you eight exceptional poets from across the magazine’s history. Interns and editors here at <em>Colorado Review</em> helped to select and read some our favorite poems while Alec provides historical and aesthetic background on each poet, guiding you on a journey that spans all the way from the Winter of 1956 to the Summer of 2017.</p>
<p> </p>
<h6>Selections include:</h6>
<p>Kitasono Katue – “A Black Chapel” read by Alec Witthohn – (Winter 1956)</p>
<p>Rosario Castellanos – “Useless Day” read by Carolina Bucheli – (Fall 1979)</p>
<p>Yusef Komunyakaa – “The Brain to the Heart” read by Linnea Harris – (Fall 1985)</p>
<p>Holly Prado – “Never Another Light Than This” read by C. E. Janecek – (Fall/Winter 1988)</p>
<p>Toi Derricotte – “The Wedding” read by Lauren Furman – (Spring/Summer 1989)</p>
<p>Brenda Hillman – “After the Feast at Year’s End” read by Mika Todd – (Summer 2012)</p>
<p>Victoria Chang – “[I Used to My Father Used to Used to Sit in a Living Room with My]” read by Tasha Seebeck – (Fall/Winter 2012)</p>
<p>Kaveh Akbar – “On Bridges and the Shadows of Bridges” read by Stephanie G’Schwind – (Summer 2017)</p>
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