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Hard Hat Reading: Mervyn Taylor
Poet, teacher, and masquerader costume designer Mervyn Taylor reads “The Season of Phantasmal Peace” by Derek Walcott and his own poems “The Mentor” and “Donde Estés” in memory of Derek Walcott.
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