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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6: A poet writes before a poetry performance at the Bowery Poetry Club December 6, 2002 in New York City. The Bowery Poetry Club, which offers nightly poetry readings, open microphone and poetry slams, is part of a resurgence in poetry reading in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6:  A poet writes before a poetry performance at the Bowery Poetry Club December 6, 2002 in New York City. The Bowery Poetry Club, which offers nightly poetry readings, open microphone and poetry slams, is part of a resurgence in poetry reading in New York City.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)