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September 17, 2023

Soft Pliancy of Water

Bronislava Volkova reads "Old women are invisible in our spheres," "Another end has come to visit my home," and "The soft pliancy of water."

September 10, 2023

My Backyard is Empty and Silent

Antonia Matthew reads "My backyard is empty and silent" and "Sonnet in the time of plague."

Into Life

Patsy Rahn reads "A History Lesson," "Into Life," "After All," and "Living As If."

Morning Swim

Austin Davis reads "Lotus and Insomnia," "Morning Swim," and poem VIII from Act 3 of his book Compulsive Swim.

Love, I No Longer Recognize You

Bronislava Volkova reads "Love, I no longer recognize you," "Don’t leave me," "When I think of it how my relatives," and "I fly like a bird with no place to land."

A Glossary of River Words

Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Portrait of a Summer Night: A Mother Highlighted," "A Glossary of River Words - A story of loss," and "How to Leave a Chicago Bar after a Panic Attack Around 11 AM."

Butterflies and Empty Books

Laurie Higi reads "Butterflies and Empty Books," "Open to Your Dew," "Canada in Common," "More Vulnerable than Me," and "Infinite Navy Blue Ocean."

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July 30, 2023

Lethal Aid

Tony Brewer reads "Lethal Aid," "Fractured," and "Byproduct of Divorce #87: The Laundromat."

I Sing to Myself While Driving to Indianapolis Airport

Lisa Kwong reads "Childhood Fade in Litany," "I Sing to Myself While Driving to Indianapolis Airport," and "S'mores and Smoke."

Not the Moon But a Cattle Skull

Michael Luis Dauro reads selections from his poem "Woman With No Name."

Girl as Full Moon

Rachel Ronquillo Gray reads "Girl as Teenage Rebellion," "Good Girl Gone Rogue," "Girl As Full Moon," and "Girl as America the Beautiful."

You Could Never See Me

Austin Davis reads "Lotus and Hallucinations" from his book Lotus and the Apocalypse.

The Package

Patsy Rahn reads "Books," "Evolution," "Ode to Joy," "In this Moment of Good Night," and "The Package."

Lunch Hour

Hiromi Yoshida reads "Mother of Icarus" and "Lunch Hour."

The Land of Cockaigne

Emily Bobo reads "The Tale about the Land of Cockaigne." The original version of this tale is a brag where each line is a bigger lie about how great the Land of Cockaigne was.