Biblical references
Di Piero, W. S. "The Museum of Natural History." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"The Faery Child." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Saint Francis of Assisi." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"The Hotel Room Mirror." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"In Calabria." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Starlings." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Gethsemane." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
"Moving Things." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"The Prayer Mat." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"The Sleepers." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"San Antonio de Padua." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"Windy Hill." Shadows Burning. Evanston, Illinois: TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
"Story Corner at the Point Breeze Branch." Uncollected.
"The Original Rhinestone Cowboy." The Restorers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Davis, Adam O. Index of Haunted Houses. Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2020.
Chin, Marilyn. Sage. New York: W.W. Norton, 2023.
Franco, Gina. The Accidental. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2019.
Sharon Olds reads poems from her large body of work. This reading includes early versions of several poems that would go on to be collected in The Wellspring (1996).
William Pitt Root reads from his first collection, The Storm and Other Poems (1969), and from the soon-to-be published Striking the Dark Air for Music (1973). Between selections from these two books, he reads lighter, more humorous poems that would remain uncollected or be published much later.