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Permanent Press by Alice Friman

From: Curtis Fox
Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
Length: :53

Poet Alice Friman reads his poem Affirmation Read the full description.

Poetry_small Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet Alice Friman grew up in New York, and now lives in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her most recent book of poems is called Zoo. In her poem Permanent Press, Friman recalls an early love whose memory hasn't faded. Host Outro: That was the poet Alice Friman reading her poem Permanent Press. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Friman, and read some of her poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.

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Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet Alice Friman grew up in New York, and now lives in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her most recent book of poems is called Zoo. In her poem Permanent Press, Friman recalls an early love whose memory hasn't faded. Host Outro: That was the poet Alice Friman reading her poem Permanent Press. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Friman, and read some of her poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.

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