Poetry
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REAMS OF RHYMES
The Poets House Showcase, now in its 15th year, is a display of nearly every new book of poetry published in America. This year’s exhibit includes approximately 2,000 titles. Through Saturday, April 30, Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Poets House, 72 Spring St., between Lafayette and Crosby streets, second floor, 212-431-7920, free.
PAGLIA’S PICKS
Feminist provocateur Camille Paglia reads from “Break, Blow, Burn” (Pantheon), in which she examines 43 of “the world’s best poems.” Her selections include works by Shakespeare, Donne, Shelley, Dickinson, Lowell – and Joni Mitchell. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
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