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December 3, 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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Eric Rensberger reads "Prayer for the Long Nights," "Writing for No One," "Lazarus Laughs," "Flowers on the Graves of the Overdosed," and "Time-Sensitive Materials."

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November 19, 2023

 

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Lori Hoevener reads, "Extremes," "The Stockyards," "Crimes," and "Disappearances."

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November 12, 2023

 

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Antonia Matthew reads "Seascapes," "The evening Ark," and "Hearing aid."

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November 5, 2023

 

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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."

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October 29, 2023

 

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Rachel Ronquillo Gray reads "On Crying in Public," "My Americana," and "Half Face Song."

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October 22, 2023

 

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Laurie Higi reads "The Voice," "This is Yours," and "Mixing With the Quiet."

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October 15, 2023

 

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Bronislava Volkova reads "Poetry Festival in Shchelkino (Crimea)," and "Variation on the Theme of Weariness."

October 8, 2023

 

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The Desert Ain’t Here to Inspire

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

October 1, 2023

 

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Say Her Asian Name

Hiromi Yoshida reads "Say Her Asian Name" and "Icarus Obverse."

September 24, 2023

 

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Curators of a Sort

Tony Brewer reads "Curators of a Sort," "Snow Days," and "They Always Come Back."

September 17, 2023

 

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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

 

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My Backyard is Empty and Silent

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

September 3, 2023

 

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Into Life

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

August 27, 2023

 

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Morning Swim

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

August 20, 2023

 

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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."

August 13, 2023

 

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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."

August 6, 2023

 

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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."

July 30, 2023

 

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Lethal Aid

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

July 23, 2023

 

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

July 16, 2023

 

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Not the Moon But a Cattle Skull

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

July 9, 2023

 

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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."

July 3, 2023

 

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

June 25, 2023

 

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

June 18, 2023

 

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Lunch Hour

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

June 11, 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.

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