Al Gore

Vice President of the United States

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The Fish by Marianne Moore

Cynthia Nixon

Actor

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I cannot dance opon my toes by Emily Dickinson

Elena Kagan

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Poetry in America Interviews Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

President of the United States

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Harlem by Langston Hughes

Joe Biden

President of the United States

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Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

John McCain

US Senator

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To Prisoners by Gwendolyn Brooks

Katie Couric

Journalist; Author

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One Art by Elizabeth Bishop

Marilyn Chin

Poet

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Urban Love Poem by Marilyn Chin

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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Nas

Hip Hop Artist

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

N.Y. State of Mind Nas

Regina Spektor

Singer-songwriter

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The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Shaquille O’Neal

NBA

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Fast Break by Edward Hirsch

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma

Cellist

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I cannot dance opon my toes by Emily Dickinson

Yusef Komunyakaa

Poet

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You and I Are Disappearing by Yusef Komunyakaa

Simon Doonan

Fashion Commentator

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This Your Home Now by Mark Doty

E.O. Wilson

Biologist

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The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell

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These are all the guest interpreters who have joined the conversation about poetry.

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