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Brandon Leake - Tick

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Rupesh Bhattarai - Small City, Minuscule Poets

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2:15

Jordan Bailey - Black Boy Rage

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Junious 'Jay' Ward - Gentrification

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2:57

Anita D - And the Psych Ward Says

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RJ Wright - Superwoman

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2:00

Jahman Hill - Slavery, Freedom, and Authority

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1:13

Yaw Kyeremateng - Emmet Till

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3:05

Darius Simpson - Dance (For Black Boys Who Can't Sit Still)

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3:24

Xach Blunt - Alright

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CocoaFlo - Pretty Dark

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3:07

Xach Blunt - The Darkest Ode (Acid)

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3:05

Yaw Kyeremateng - Accent

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Jarvis Subia - I will dance through midnight, till we have risen and we will rise

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RJ Wright - Dyslexia

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Jahman Hill - Walmart (after Rudy Francisco)

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Brandon Leake - BMH

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1:58

Usman Hameedi - College Admissions

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1:40

Gigi Bella - Mosquito/Mestizo

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Nora Cooper - Nothing If Not Wanting

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3:25

Darius Simpson - In Defense of Scar from the Lion King

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3:58

Dr. TJ - White Coat

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Joe Limer - It's funny, how pushing me out of harm's way feels like putting me in my place.

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2:49

Jael Benjamin - Tough

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2:50

RJ Wright - Soldier Creed

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3:17

Akeem Olaj - Vampires

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3:23

Usman Hameedi - Time Has Moved

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2:13

Hakeem Furious - Black Southern Gothic

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2:59

Anita D - Family Matters

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3:14

Breeze - Split

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3:02

Akeem Olaj - Lies Heal

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2:10

Crystal Valentine - Questions for Fox News Regarding the Race Card

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3:54

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Sestina for the Murdered Girl

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2:25

Johnny Osi - Etched in Steel

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3:23

Evan Knoll - Ode to the Things He Couldn't Take

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Zanne Langlois - The Chambers of a Gun

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3:19

Deborah 'D.E.E.P' Mouton - Mother Emanuel

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2:50

Ashlee Haze - For Colored Girls (The Missy Elliott Poem)

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Anthony McPherson - Battle?

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2:10

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Pyro

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Anna Binkovitz - Every Question I Didn't Ask the Doctors

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2:20

Javon Johnson - The Shotgun

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3:27

RJ Walker - Deceit & I

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3:26

Rachel Wiley - For Fat Girls Who Considered Starvation When Bulimia Wasn't Enough

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3:37

Rasheed Copeland - Macaroni N Cheese

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3:13

Tariq Luthun - Mismarked

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2:48

Adriana Ramirez - Wild Stallion (Hair)

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4:22

Rob Gibsun - On Grief & Healing

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3:23

Alex Dang - Michael Derrick Hudson Changes His Name to Ngoc Tran

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1:24

Patrick Roche - Lafayette Street

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3:21

Muggs Fogarty - Ritual

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1:21

Desireé Dallagiacomo - At Last

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2:15

Anthony McPherson - All Lives Matter: 1800s Edition

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2:09

Danez Smith - Blasphemy

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2:25

Jozer Guerrero - Whoopings

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2:09

Hanif Abdurraqib - A Genealogy

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2:13

Anna Binkovitz - They were putting themselves in my stories. Not listening but waiting to speak.

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4:13

Stephen Meads - The Tang Nebula

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3:14

Hanif Abdurraqib - Summer of 2009

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1:10

Hieu Minh Nguyen - The Story

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3:10

Jeremyah Payne - Nine Lives

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William Evans - Manifest Destiny

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Mckendy Fils-Aime - Scrambled Eggs

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2:34

Jesse Parent - The Crowd's Choice

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1:14

Hillary Kobernick - Costumes

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1:24

Franny Choi - Second Mouth

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3:22

Mercedez Holtry - My Blood Is Beautiful

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1:22

Marshall Gillson - Tell Me Again How You Don't See Color

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Jonathan Salazar - Letters to My Body

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3:18

Damien Flores - The Golden Apple

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3:41

Porsha Olayiwola - Father's American Dream

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3:18

Emily Eastman - Perceptions of Manhood

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3:56

Danez Smith - Genesissy

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3:17

Hillary Kobernick - Immigration Problem

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4:02

William Evans - The Night A Cop Shoved Don Lemon

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1:52

Joy Young - The Queer Hokey-Pokey

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2:25

Chris Leja - Aporia

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3:20

Damien Flores - The Wedding Dance

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2:21

Jonathan Salazar - Fat

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1:24

Anna Binkovitz - Thorns

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2:50

Franny Choi - Sweat

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2:04

William Evans - My Wife Is Shaped Like

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Paulie Lipman - Ghetto

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3:06

Erin Schick - Letter From Wonder Woman to Her Creator

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3:08

Brenna Twohy - In Which I Do Not Fear Harvey Dent

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1:21

Cameron Awkward-Rich - AfroPunk

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2:24

Marshall Gillson - For My White Coworkers

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Sam Lai - Chick With A Gun

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Doc Luben - 14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes

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Danez Smith - Not An Elegy for Mike Brown

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Beck Cooper - Too Big

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Joy Young - Surveying Sex

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Johnny Osi - Switchblade Masquerade

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1:16

Justin Lamb - For the People Who Ask Me If I'm Tired

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2:14

Mercedez Holtry - Kathryn and Yale

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Hillary Kobernick - Famous

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3:15

Eric Sirota - From the Perspective of Chanukah

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Marshall Gillson - Etiology of Stunting

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2:58

Joaquin Zihuatanejo - Poem for Jon

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2:14

Leo Bryant - Superpowers

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2:14

Leo Bryant - Superpowers

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4:05

Hanif Abdurraqib - Dig Those Sunsets, Pony

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3:07

Gray Thomas - Life In Reverse

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1:26

Imani Cezanne - Word Choice

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2:56

Tai Weinman - For Audrie

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2:22

Brenna Twohy - Another Rape Poem

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2:23

Porsha Olayiwola - Water

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2:09

Emily Eastman - Bro with a Tribal Tattoo?

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William Evans - Arsenal

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3:21

Beck Cooper - The Gutting

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1:45

Chanel Gomaa - White/Right?

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3:26

Natasha Hooper - Love Languages

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3:37

Gabriel Green - The Gospel of Black Music

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George Lee - Love Letter

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1:02

Breeze - Black History Month

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Gabriel Green - In Defense of JR Smith

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Gigi Bella - Lizard (after Sarah Kay)

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Usman Hameedi - Dear TSA Agent

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1:03

Katya Zinn - On Avoidance

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2:14

Xach Blunt - Long Division

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2:14

Jarvis Subia - This is the Year

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George Lee - Shame

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1:37

Hakeem Furious - BLM Redux

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0:35

Nora Cooper - As Small As That

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Breeze - Fear

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1:12

RJ Wright - Silence

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Jordan Bailey - Survivor's Guilt

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2:50

M McDonough - What To Do With Your Breasts Post Top Surgery

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2:56

Natasha Hooper - #BaywatchBetty

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1:54

Collin Edmonds - Kill a Hipster, Save the Hood

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3:21

Lyric - A Reclamation

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2:40

Chrissy Croft - Lori Beth Denberg

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2:54

Bluz - Turn Down for What

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2:03

Jael Benjamin - Fart

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2:56

CocoaFlo - A Note to my 23 Year Old Self

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2:10

Crystal Valentine - Questions for Fox News Regarding the Race Card

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3:54

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Sestina for the Murdered Girl

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2:25

Johnny Osi - Etched in Steel

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3:23

Evan Knoll - Ode to the Things He Couldn't Take

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3:22

Zanne Langlois - The Chambers of a Gun

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3:19

Deborah 'D.E.E.P' Mouton - Mother Emanuel

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2:50

Ashlee Haze - For Colored Girls (The Missy Elliott Poem)

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2:34

Anthony McPherson - Battle?

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2:10

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Pyro

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1:16

Anna Binkovitz - Every Question I Didn't Ask the Doctors

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2:20

Javon Johnson - The Shotgun

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3:27

RJ Walker - Deceit & I

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3:26

Rachel Wiley - For Fat Girls Who Considered Starvation When Bulimia Wasn't Enough

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3:37

Rasheed Copeland - Macaroni N Cheese

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3:13

Tariq Luthun - Mismarked

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2:48

Adriana Ramirez - Wild Stallion (Hair)

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4:22

Rob Gibsun - On Grief & Healing

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3:23

Alex Dang - Michael Derrick Hudson Changes His Name to Ngoc Tran

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1:24

Patrick Roche - Lafayette Street

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3:21

Muggs Fogarty - Ritual

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1:21

Desireé Dallagiacomo - At Last

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2:15

Anthony McPherson - All Lives Matter: 1800s Edition

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2:10

Crystal Valentine - Questions for Fox News Regarding the Race Card

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3:54

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Sestina for the Murdered Girl

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2:25

Johnny Osi - Etched in Steel

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3:23

Evan Knoll - Ode to the Things He Couldn't Take

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3:22

Zanne Langlois - The Chambers of a Gun

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3:19

Deborah 'D.E.E.P' Mouton - Mother Emanuel

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2:50

Ashlee Haze - For Colored Girls (The Missy Elliott Poem)

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2:34

Anthony McPherson - Battle?

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2:10

Sean Patrick Mulroy - Pyro

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1:16

Anna Binkovitz - Every Question I Didn't Ask the Doctors

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2:20

Javon Johnson - The Shotgun

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3:27

RJ Walker - Deceit & I

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3:26

Rachel Wiley - For Fat Girls Who Considered Starvation When Bulimia Wasn't Enough

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3:37

Rasheed Copeland - Macaroni N Cheese

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3:13

Tariq Luthun - Mismarked

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2:48

Adriana Ramirez - Wild Stallion (Hair)

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4:22

Rob Gibsun - On Grief & Healing

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3:23

Alex Dang - Michael Derrick Hudson Changes His Name to Ngoc Tran

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1:24

Patrick Roche - Lafayette Street

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3:21

Muggs Fogarty - Ritual

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1:21

Desireé Dallagiacomo - At Last

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2:15

Anthony McPherson - All Lives Matter: 1800s Edition

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1:58

RJ Wright - I'm So Black

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Javon Rustin - Code Switching

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Scorpio - Silence

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1:43

Scorpio - The Wall

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2:42

AP - Bloodbath

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3:23

Junious 'Jay' Ward - Black Rapture

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1:11

Darius Simpson - An Ode to Crocs

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2:13

Darius Simpson - Church Home

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3:13

Junious 'Jay' Ward - Origami Swan

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3:22

Xach Blunt - In Time

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Thabani Tshuma - Sixth Sense

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David Loret de Mola - Pretty Thoughts

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