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I mean you use, I mean

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

I mean you use, I mean, there have been, you know, you used your experience in Vietnam to...

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library • 2017

I mean you use, I mean, there have been, you know, you used your experience in Vietnam to talk about, you know, and you've used issues of race in poetry, so I'm wondering if you, as far as sort of the spectrum of poetry, if you see yourself as a political poet?

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I mean you use, I mean,

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there have been, you know,

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you used your experience in Vietnam

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to talk about, you know,

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and you've used issues of race in poetry,

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so I'm wondering if you,

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as far as sort of the spectrum of poetry,

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if you see yourself as a political poet?

Duration

21 seconds

Views

20

Timestamp in Movie

01:12:12

Uploaded

Oct 29, 2025

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Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.