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Alex’s Videos
13.May.2012
The Poems of Wing Lei - reading at Longwood University, April 20th, 2012
posted by Alex Grant

A monk-poet born in the JiangXi province of China in the mid-9th century,...

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13.May.2012
The Poems of Wing Lei - reading at Longwood University, April 20th, 2012
posted by Alex Grant

First public reading from my latest book.

 

A monk-poet...

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21.Sep.2010
The Lighthouse
posted by Alex Grant

From "And Everything is Filled with Nothing."

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20.Sep.2010
From "The Circus Poems" - The Ringmaster
posted by Alex Grant

The opening poem from my new collection, which launches on Saturday,...

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30.Dec.2009
Captain's Video Blog - Stardate December 30.02, 2009
posted by Alex Grant

The Ringmaster -- opening poem from The Circus Poems -- first appeared in...

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27.Dec.2009
Captain's Video Blog - Stardate December 28, 2009
posted by Alex Grant

Einstein in Princeton.

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27.Dec.2009
Captain's Video Blog - Stardate December 27, 2009
posted by Alex Grant

Poem from "Bloody Heaven", a full-length work-in-progress.

Euclid. (...

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21.Dec.2009
Captain's Video Blog - Stardate December 21st, 2009
posted by Alex Grant

Poem from The Twilight Zone. The Lighthouse.

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20.Dec.2009
Captain's Video Blog - Stardate December 20th, 2009
posted by Alex Grant

Requiem For a Bookie. Poem from "The Twilight Zone" full-length ms.

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18.Dec.2009
Captain's Video Blog - Stardate December 19, 2009
posted by Alex Grant

Fear of Moving Water. Lasts less than a minute...

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16.Dec.2009
Captain's Blog Video Version
posted by Alex Grant

Cleopatra.

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17.Jun.2008
Alex Grant - 2007 Oscar Arnold Young Award Reading
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Edited(10-minute)reading for Oscar Arnold Young Award - September 2007, NC...

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Alex’s Audio

13.May.2012
"The Poems of Wing Lei" - NC NPR, The State of Things with Frank Stasio
19:14

Alex Grant talks with Frank Stasio and reads from his new collection, "The Poems of Wing Lei." 

From the...

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26.Apr.2010
NC NPR Interview/reading on "The State of Things"
19:26

Podcast from last Friday's show. Frank Stasio talked with Roy Jacobstein and me about National Poetry Month, among other...

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26.Mar.2010
Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes - Kevin Ayers.
3:23

One of a kind song.

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01.Mar.2010
Carrboro Book Beat interview -- March 1st, 2010
56:17

Had a GREAT time doing this this morning -- thanks to Audrey and WCOM for having me on the show!

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13.Feb.2010
Anne Sexton reads "All My Pretty Ones"
3:24

Brilliant poet reading a brilliant poem, brilliantly...

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About Alex

 Alex Grant's Chains & Mirrors  won the 2007 Oscar Arnold Young Award(Best North Carolina poetry collection) and the 2006 Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize. Fear of Moving Water, his 2009 collection, was runner-up for both the Oscar Arnold Young and the...
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Causes Alex Grant Supports

Southern Poverty Law Center

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Alex’s Favorite Books

Catcher in the Rye, Journey to Ixtlan, Voyage to Arcturus, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The White Hotel, The Four Quartets, The World Doesn't End...