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Hanif Abdurraqib - The Crown Ain't Worth Much

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Rebeca Mae - Dear God of Hiccups

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Blythe Baird - When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny

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Toluwanimi Obiwole - Sugarcane

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Paul Tran - #1 Beauty Nail Salon

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William Nu’utupu Giles - Captain America

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Janae Johnson - Black Rage

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Nkosi Nkululeko - Not Finished Yet

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Jonathan Mendoza & Melissa Lozada-Oliva - Zombie-Destroying Abuelita II

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Emi Mahmoud - The Colors We Ascribe

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Terisa Siagatonu - Meauli

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Jill Greenseth - Jill Born

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William Nu’utupu Giles & Travis T. - Oral Traditions

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Jonathan Mendoza, Janae Johnson, Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Erich Haygun - Grinding

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Bobby Crawford - Church

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Bryan Roessel - History of Collisions

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Tonya Ingram - Monster

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Sara Brickman - Talking $@!% to Sadness

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Tatyana Brown - Gaslit

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Brenna Twohy - Anxiety: A Ghost Story

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Imani Cezanne - Protest

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Melissa Newman-Evans - 9 Things I Would Like to Tell to Every Teenage Girl

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Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Jonathan Mendoza - Date My Mom!

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Raven McGill - Meanwhile, in Post-Racist America

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Christopher Michael - Mr. Bullet

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3:04

Rachel Wiley - Glory in Two Parts

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3:04

William Nu’utupu Giles - Prescribed Fire

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Noel Quiñones & Jasmine Combs - Never Forget

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3:25

J. Theo - Twin Tongue

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Joel Francois - Interchangeable Parts

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3:21

Olivia Fantini - On Standardized Testing

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Sean Patrick Mulroy - Blood Brothers

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Steven Willis - Ebonics 101

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Jonathan Mendoza - Brown Boy, White Boy

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Patrick Roche - The Perfect Panic Attack

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Sam Rush - Neverland

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William Evans - How to Find a Heaven You Don't Deserve

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Akeemjamal Rollins - In Response

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Pages Matam - On Learning America's English

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Sabrina Benaim - First Date

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Gabriel Ramirez - On Realizing I Am Black

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1:48

Clementine von Radics - The Fourth Step

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3:42

Wil Gibson - Stories

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4:07

Tucker Bryant - Facts About Myself

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3:11

Christopher Stanly - Fat Love

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3:04

Melissa Lozada-Oliva - Like Totally Whatever

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3:03

Mallory Everhart - Language Lesson

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3:35

Doc Luben - Puny Human

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3:21

Porsha Olayiwola - Rekia Boyd

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3:16

Alex Dang - Dear Mark Wahlberg

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3:20

Matthew Brown - Tracks

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3:19

William Nu’utupu Giles - Deodorant

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3:48

Rachel Wiley - Dry Cake Wishes and Tap Water Dreams

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2:54

Desireé Dallagiacomo - Shave Me

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3:31

Rachel Wiley - 10 Honest Thoughts on Being Loved by a Skinny Boy

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3:26

Natalie Illum - Blueprint

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Pages Matam - Piñata

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3:19

Dylan Garity - Rigged Game

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3:25

Javon Johnson - cuz he's black

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3:55

Sam Van Cook - God in Code

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Shyla Hardwick - 5 Again

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J.G. - Guilty as Trained

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Miles Walser - Hierarchy

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3:03

Kevin W. Burke - Day Two

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Zai Sadler & Tova Charles - Nina

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3:03

Nuyorican Poets Cafe - Isms

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Terisa Siagatonu & Rudy Francisco - Sons

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Eirean Bradley - mr Fred Phelps vs. mrs John Waters

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Hillary Kobernick - The Last Judgement

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Bluz & E.M. - Where Have All The Black Boys Gone?

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Neil Hilborn - The Future

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3:08

Javon Johnson & Terisa Siagatonu - PTSD

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3:12

Cristopher Gibson - Alonzo

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Alex Dang - What Kind of Asian Are You?

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Tonya Ingram - Thirteen

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3:04

Alex Dang, Brenna Twohy, & Eirean Bradley - Nearest Exit

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Pages Matam - Wings

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3:13

Neil Hilborn & Ollie Schminkey - One Color

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2:49

Tonya Ingram & Venessa Marco - Khaleesi

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3:12

Catalina Ferro - Banshee

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2:45

Joy Young - The Dress Poem

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2:53

Rudy Francisco - Chameleon

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3:13

Clint Smith - Place Matters

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3:17

Usman Hameedi - Poem Postmarked for the Middle East

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3:20

Dylan Garity - Resurrection

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3:13

Olivia Gatwood - At The Owl

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3:20

Dave McAlinden - If I Was Your God

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3:30

Sabrina Benaim - Explaining My Depression to My Mother

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2:59

Josh Merchant - Mean Mug

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3:00

Hieu Minh Nguyen - Seven

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2:56

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Letter to a New Crush

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Meaghan Ford - We Don't Tell These Stories For Fun

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Chanel Dupree - Delusions

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Sabine Quetant - Hiding

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Muggs Fogarty - Nerve

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3:08

Pages Matam & Clint Smith - Flash

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3:19

Jennifer Falu - Period Days

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3:02

Elizabeth Acevedo - Spear

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3:17

Neil Hilborn - Future Tense

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3:20

Jason Bayani - Traffic

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2:16

Kurt Olson - Lemon Pepper Chicken

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3:21

Duncan Shields - Bob Ross History

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3:25

M McDonough - Sewing Circle

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3:21

Paulie Lipman, Connor Marvin & Eddie Eifler - Go Be Great

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Sam Sax - It's Alive

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3:03

Wonder Dave - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Homophobia

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Desireé Dallagiacomo & FreeQuency - American Rape Culture

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Jozer Guerrero - Frats

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Neiel Israel - When a Black Man Walks

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2:52

Raven Taylor - How To Survive Being A Black Girl

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3:10

Rowie Shebala - Love You Some Indians

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Ebo Barton - Arizona

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Adam Falkner - The Whitest Thing

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Megan Falley - Fat Girl

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Omar Holmon & A.R. - Open Letter to Black People in Horror Movies

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Melissa Newman-Evans - The Hurricane

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Jomar Valentin - Layering

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Desireé Dallagiacomo & Justin Lamb - The Friend Zone

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G. Yamazawa - Dear Grandma

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Troy Osaki - Legacy

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3:10

Jared Singer & A.R. - Potential

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Omoizele Okoawo - Raindrops

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Kaycee Filson - Hush

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2:49

Mckendy Fils-Aime - Whistling Vivaldi

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3:15

Hieu Minh Nguyen & Ollie Schminkey - Go Away

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3:03

William Nu’utupu Giles - Into The Dark

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2:44

Beltway Poetry Slam - American Dream

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3:00

Joshua Aiken - For George Stinney

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3:44

Alex Dang - I Will Always Love H.E.R.

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Gina Keplinger - For Bob

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Clint Smith - My Father Is an Oyster

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2:45

Javon Johnson - Letter from Michael Jackson to Justin Bieber

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3:05

Sterling Higa - Swing

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3:07

Cecily Schuler - Close Enough

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3:20

Doc Luben - Bug Versus Door

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2:55

Meaghan Ford - Mother Tongue

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William Nu’utupu Giles - Ursula

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3:20

Desireé Dallagiacomo & Kaycee Filson - Real Sex Tips

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3:13

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Who We Are (after Ke$ha)

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G. Yamazawa - Elementary

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3:21

Troy Osaki - Morning Service

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Olivia Gatwood & Megan Falley - Collapse the Economy

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3:21

Jared Singer & Omar Holmon - Uncle Daycare

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Cheryl Maddalena - The Tragic Tale of 2011 WoWPS

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Portland Poetry Slam - Choose Your Own Adventure

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Danez Smith - Today

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Javon Johnson - Last Conversation Between Malcolm X and His Daughter

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Pages Matam, Elizabeth Acevedo & G. Yamazawa - Unforgettable

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Tai Weinman - Mother of Dragons

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3:43

Ollie Schminkey - Two Twin Beds

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2:11

Zaccheus Jackson - In Victa

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2:57

Brenna Twohy - Fantastic Breasts and Where To Find Them

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2:56

Blythe Baird - Girl Code 101

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3:13

Patrick Roche - Couples Therapy

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2:52

Dylan Garity - To Governor Scott Walker

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3:20

Erin Schick - Honest Speech

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3:31

Jesse Parent - Hotbox Love

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2:59

Tui Scanlan - Legacy

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3:12

Anna Binkovitz - Unsinkable

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5:19

Amir Sulaiman - We Must Win

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3:05

Rudy Francisco - Complainers

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3:39

Sam Sax - Learning to Breathe Water

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3:25

Joy Young - Unbuttoning My Boy Shirt

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2:47

William Nu’utupu Giles & Jenna Robinson - Selfie

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4:25

Tonya Ingram - I Am Twenty-Two

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3:31

Rachel Wiley - 10 Honest Thoughts on Being Loved by a Skinny Boy

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3:26

Natalie Illum - Blueprint

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3:16

Pages Matam - Piñata

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3:19

Dylan Garity - Rigged Game

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3:25

Javon Johnson - cuz he's black

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3:55

Sam Van Cook - God in Code

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3:14

Shyla Hardwick - 5 Again

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J.G. - Guilty as Trained

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3:10

Miles Walser - Hierarchy

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3:03

Kevin W. Burke - Day Two

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2:50

Zai Sadler & Tova Charles - Nina

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3:03

Nuyorican Poets Cafe - Isms

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3:03

Terisa Siagatonu & Rudy Francisco - Sons

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Eirean Bradley - mr Fred Phelps vs. mrs John Waters

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3:08

Hillary Kobernick - The Last Judgement

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3:28

Bluz & E.M. - Where Have All The Black Boys Gone?

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3:22

Neil Hilborn - The Future

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3:08

Javon Johnson & Terisa Siagatonu - PTSD

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3:12

Cristopher Gibson - Alonzo

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Alex Dang - What Kind of Asian Are You?

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Tonya Ingram - Thirteen

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3:04

Alex Dang, Brenna Twohy, & Eirean Bradley - Nearest Exit

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2:50

Pages Matam - Wings

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3:13

Neil Hilborn & Ollie Schminkey - One Color

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2:49

Tonya Ingram & Venessa Marco - Khaleesi

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3:12

Catalina Ferro - Banshee

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Joy Young - The Dress Poem

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2:53

Rudy Francisco - Chameleon

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3:13

Clint Smith - Place Matters

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Usman Hameedi - Poem Postmarked for the Middle East

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Dylan Garity - Resurrection

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3:13

Olivia Gatwood - At The Owl

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Dave McAlinden - If I Was Your God

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3:31

Rachel Wiley - 10 Honest Thoughts on Being Loved by a Skinny Boy

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Natalie Illum - Blueprint

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