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Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Midwestern Poet's Incomplete Guide to Symbolism,"** "Something I Might Say," and "The Definition of Prayer."

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Patsy Rahn reads "The Roots of Kindness," "A Contemplation of Death," and "Reverie."

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March 5, 2023

 

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Lisa Kwong reads "On the 42nd Anniversary of My Father’s Swim from China, 10/17/2015" and "The Baby Behind the Cash Register at Canton Restaurant."

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February 26, 2023

 

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Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Qualifications for a Lover," "This is How a Poet Gets Over Heartbreak," and "To the Red-Bellied Woodpecker in my Neighborhood."

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February 19, 2023

 

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The Sweet Porridge

Emily Bobo reads "The Sweet Porridge," which is based on a 19th-century German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.

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February 12, 2023

 

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Patsy Rahn reads "Honey Bunny" and "Fences."

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January 29, 2023

 

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Having Been Called Dirt

Joe Betz reads "Cannon in the Bean Field," "Having Been Called Dirt," "Farmer Suicide Wherein a Proclamation on Parenting Enters," and "Gratitude with Mixed Religious Metaphors."

January 22, 2023

 

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A Small Horse Eats the Heart of a Man Who Left

Erica Anderson-Senter reads "In the Naked Night," "The One Where a Small Horse Eats the Heart of a Man Who Left," and "Notes on Being a Ghost."

January 15, 2023

 

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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.

January 8, 2023

 

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Lotus and Depression

Austin Davis reads "Lotus & Depression," "Lotus & Another Day," "Lotus & Holidaze," and "Lotus..."

January 1, 2023

 

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Another Country

Beth Lodge-Rigal reads "Another Country," "Landing," and "Dear Daughter-."

December 25, 2022

 

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The Package

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

December 18, 2022

 

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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."

December 11, 2022

 

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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."

December 4, 2022

 

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Emily Bobo reads her re-telling of a fairytale about how some children watched their father slaughter a pig, then imitated him in play.

November 27, 2022

 

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Steve Henn reads his poems "Columbia, Misery," "Poem for the Mother of My Children," and "Dissociation."

November 20, 2022

 

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Joe Betz reads "Knuckle Up," "Against the Wind," and "Sweet Corn."

November 13, 2022

 

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Bronislava Volkova reads "Dawn spreads its transparent fingers," "It is time," "Human love sails forth," "I love the quiet," "Once upon a Time," "I have arrived," and "To be caught up in a briar-patch can suddenly become."

November 6, 2022

 

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Lisa Kwong reads "An AppalAsian Finds Home in Bloomington, Indiana" and "Searching for Wonton Soup."

October 30, 2022

 

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Steve reads his poems from his book American Male: "Loss or One for Josh Wildman," "How in God’s Holy Name is This Boy Ever Going to Survive?," "The Dad Rules," "The Spirit Moving Through Me."

October 23, 2022

 

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Austin Davis reads "Lotus and the Meteors" and "Lotus and Loss."

October 16, 2022

 

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When I Meander

Bronislava Volkova reads "When I meander into the groves," "I hear," "Steep streams of water," "You are leaving, you will leave, you have left," "An invitation to be," and "I am the moon."

October 2, 2022

 

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Lisa Kwong reads "Poem for My Mother Who Dared Beyond Tai Shan."

September 18, 2022

 

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Austin Davis reads "The World Will End Tonight," "Lotus & Fear," and "Lotus & Love.

May 29, 2022

 

Red-Winged Blackbird

Joe Betz reads "Soot," "Portage, IN," and "Red-Winged Blackbird."

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