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File #: 82816    Version: 1 Name: Presentation: Poetry recitation by Madison's Poet Laureate, Steven Espada Dawson - "When My Brother Visits We Play Hide and Seek"
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Title: Presentation: Poetry recitation by Madison's Poet Laureate, Steven Espada Dawson - "When My Brother Visits We Play Hide and Seek "
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Presentation: Poetry recitation by Madison's Poet Laureate, Steven Espada Dawson - "When My Brother Visits We Play Hide and Seek "

 

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Steven Espada Dawson is from East Los Angeles. The son of a Mexican immigrant, he is a former Ruth Lilly Fellow and Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellow. He has served as a poetry editor for Copper Nickel and Sycamore Review and has taught creative writing at universities, libraries, and prisons across the country. His poems appear in many journals and have been anthologized in Best New Poets, Pushcart Prize, and Sarabande’s Another Last Call. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where he serves as Poet Laureate.