Browse Reading by Year

Bei Dao reads from Old Snow (1991), Forms of Distance (1993), Landscape Over Zero (1996) and Unlock (2000). Dennis Evans reads the English translations.

Luis Alberto Urrea reads from Vatos (2000) and Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life (2002), along with a poem that would later be collected in The Tijuana Book of the Dead (2015).

Nancy Eimers reads poems of quiet observation. This reading was originally given with William Olsen.

William Olsen reads primarily poems that would go on to be collected in Trouble Lights (2002), including "A Cat," "The Human Heart," "To A Fly," "Ruin Outlasting Sorrow," and "Black Globe." This reading was originally given with Nancy Eimers.

Terry Tempest Williams reads excerpts from a manuscript later published as Leap: A Traveler in the Garden of Delights (2000).

Summi Kaipa reads uncollected work. This reading was originally given with Jen Hofer.

Jen Hofer reads widely from her early work. This reading was originally given with Summi Kaipa.

Nanci Kincaid reads from a manuscript written during her time teaching at the University of Arizona that would eventually become her novel Verbena (2002). This early draft is untitled, and was originally intended to be the second in a trilogy of novellas collectively titled Three Wives.

Rigoberto González reads from So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks (1999) and Other Fugitives and Other Strangers (2006). This reading was originally given with Gary Soto.

Gary Soto reads from Black Hair (1985), Who Will Know Us? (1990), and A Natural Man (1999). This reading was originally given with Rigoberto González.

Maggie Nelson reads widely from her early work, including material from Shiner (2001) and Take Three: 3 (1998), along with uncollected poems.

Luci Tapahonso reads from poems published throughout her career, many of them fueled by personal anecdotes.

Eleni Sikelianos reads from The Book of Tendons (1997), The Blue Guide (1999), and The California Poem (2004), as well as several poetic essays inspired by Proust and Michel de Montaigne. This reading was originally given with Jane Miller.

Jane Miller opens her reading with "Miami Heart" and "The Poet," both from Memory at These Speeds: New and Selected Poems (1996). She continues with work from Wherever You Lay Your Head, published in 1999. This reading was originally given with Eleni Sikelianos.

Leslie Marmon Silko reads from her novel Gardens in the Dunes (1999), as well as from a work in progress, Protect Yourself from Bad Spells While You Get Rich. This reading was originally given with Daryl Ross Begay. 

This reading, originally given with Leslie Marmon Silko, was Daryl Ross Begay's first public reading. 

Fenton Johnson reads excerpts from Scissors, Paper, Rock: A Novel (1993), Geography of the Heart: A Memoir (1997) and "Beyond Belief: A Skeptic Searches for an American Faith" (1998).

Louise Glück reads from her 2001 collection of poems The Seven Ages. This reading was originally given with Dana Levin. 

Dana Levin reads primarily from In the Surgical Theatre (1999). This reading was originally given with Louise Glück.

Marilyn Hacker reads from Squares and Courtyards (2000), Taking Notice (1980), and Going Back to the River (1990). She also reads two poems that would later be published in Desesperanto (2003). This reading was originally given with Aleida Rodríguez.

Aleida Rodríguez reads from Garden of Exile (1999). This reading was originally given with Marilyn Hacker.

Joshua Clover reads from two of his books, Madonna Anno Domini and The Totality for Kids. The latter book, read here in manuscript, would be published by University of California Press in 2006. Clover also comments on the process of drafting the then-untitled manuscript.

C.D. Wright reads the first poem from her collection Tremble (1997) and a selection from String Light (1991), and discusses questions of process and craft.

In this performance, Barbara Cully reads from her 2003 collection of poems, Desire Reclining.

Elizabeth Evans reads excerpts from her third novel, Rowing in Eden.

In this bilingual reading, Alberto Blanco reads primarily from Dawn of the Senses (1995) as well as pieces never before read aloud. Jim Paul reads some of the English translations of the poems.

DJ Renegade reads poems from LibationSong (2002) along with uncollected works. This reading/performance was originally given with Tracie Morris at an event titled Mondo Hip-Hop.

Tracie Morris reads from Chap-T-Her Won (1993) and Intermission (1998). This reading/performance was originally given with DJ Renegade at an event titled Mondo Hip-Hop.

Leroy V. Quintana reads from The History of Home (1993), My Hair Turning Gray Among Strangers (1996), and The Great Whirl of Exile (1999).

Robert Hass reads poems appearing in Sun Under Wood (1996) and Time and Materials (2007).

Aurelie Sheehan reads a story from the collection Jack Kerouac Is Pregnant (1994), as well as two unpublished works.

Terese Svoboda reads poetry and fiction from her extensive body of work.

Carl Dennis reads primarily from Practical Gods (2001), which would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 2002. He also reads selections from Ranking the Wishes (1997) and work that appears in New and Selected Poems (2004). Dennis won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize a year prior to this reading.

Lois-Ann Yamanaka reads from her collections Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers(1997), Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre (1993), and Father of the Four Passages (2001).

Anne Carson reads from Men in the Off Hours, Short Talks, and The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos.

Billy Collins reads widely from his body of work.

Billy Collins discusses the poetic process. He begins by reading a poem he composed the morning of the colloquium, "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona," which would later be published in Nine Horses.

Stella Pope Duarte performs The Day I Was Born and There is a Place for You in a powerful reading given as part of a Noche de Cultura held at Tucson's El Casino Ballroom.

Quincy Troupe reads poems appearing in Avalanche (1996) and Choruses (1999).

Jonathan Penner reads two stories, "The Creative Fellow" and "Joseph's Feet," that would later appear in his short story collection This Is My Voice (2003).

Denise Chávez reads from her novel Loving Pedro Infante (2001). This reading was originally given with Loida Maritza Pérez.

Loida Maritza Pérez reads from Geographies of Home (1999). This reading was originally given with Denise Chávez.

Mary Leader reads from Red Signature and The Penultimate Suitor, which was published the year of this reading. She weaves a discussion of craft into the performance of these poems.

W.S. Di Piero reads poems from Skirts and Slacks (2001). He also reads early versions of work that would go on to be published in Brother Fire (2004).

Rex Lee Jim reads from Dúchas Táá Kóó Diné (1998) and from unpublished work.

Rex Lee Jim discusses his relationship with writing. Audio levels on this recording are low, with many words inaudible. 

Carl Marcum reads poems from his first collection, Cue Lazarus (2001), as well as new and uncollected work.

Paul Muldoon reads from Moy Sand and Gravel (2002).

Jason Brown reads from an untitled novel in progress.

Diana García reads from her collection When Living Was a Labor Camp (2000).