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Connor and Jack dig into The Condoleezza Suite [Excerpt] Concerto No. 7 Condoleezza {working out} at the Watergate by the incredible Nikky Finney. They discuss signs and signifiers, the legacy of the George W. Bush administration, the fallacies of respectability politics and much more. Learn more about Nikky Finney: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikky-finney Buy Head Off and Split here: http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/head-split Find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking 
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 Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetry You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com. The Condoleezza Suite [Excerpt] By: Nikky Finney Concerto no. 7: Condoleezza {working out} at the Watergate Condoleezza rises at four, stepping on the treadmill. Her long fingers brace the two slim handles of accommodating steel. She steadies her sleepy leg