American history
Pico, Tommy. Feed. Portland, OR: Tin House Books, 2019, pp. 7-10, 18, 10-15, 25-27, 19.
Wild, Peter. "Unwanted Pregnancies." Uncollected.
"Lazarus." Uncollected.
"Columbus." Uncollected (not the poem from "Columbus" from The Brides of Christ).
"Why Popes Don't Write Books." Uncollected.
"The Polish Baker." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Thomas Jefferson." Uncollected.
"Aldo Leopold." Uncollected (not the poem from "Aldo Leopold" from Wilderness).
"Fanny Appleton." Uncollected.
"Rubens." Uncollected.
"Hoover Dam." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"The Book of Proverbs." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Sunlight in a Violin Case." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Your Teeth: An Owner's Guide." Uncollected.
"Local Historical Societies." Uncollected.
"Daniel." Easy Victory. Tucson: SUN/gemini Press, 1994.
"Sign of Spring." Published version bears the title "Crocuses." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Smokejumper's Pants." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
Longtime University of Arizona faculty member Peter Wild reads poems from The Brides of Christ (1991), together with poems that would remain uncollected or appear in his final poetry collection, Easy Victory (1994). Throughout, he reads poems about individuals from American history, European art history, and the Bible.
Ocean Vuong reads poems from Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016). This reading was originally given with Camille Rankine.
Tyehimba Jess reads historical persona poems from leadbelly (2005) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Olio (2016), including the full sonnet sequence about the McKoy twins from Olio. He also discusses the research behind Olio and the complex forms he uses throughout the collection, particularly his syncopated sonnets.
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