essays
Rickel, Boyer. "Exactly." Prairie Schooner, vol. 69, no. 2, Summer 1995, p. 31.
"Education of the Poet." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Two Mothers in The Cloisters." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Our Names." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Downpour." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Night Sweats 2." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Summer Elegy." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"The Watchers." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
Herbert, George. "Prayer (I)." The Temple. 1633.
Rickel, Boyer. "Night-Singing." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Winterreisse." Arreboles. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.
"Soldiers." Taboo. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
Phillip Lopate opens with three poems from his collection The Daily Round (1976) before reading personal essays from Being With Children (1975), Bachelorhood (1981), and Against Joie De Vivre (1989).
Ander Monson reads two poems inspired by the movie Predator, along with four essays collected in Letters to a Future Lover (2015).
Gretel Ehrlich discusses the process of collaboration on a series of poems composed for a ballet. She reads poems from this series, including "Resolute Passage"; she also reads excerpts from "The Fasting Heart," an essay collected in Islands, The Universe, Home (1991).
Tillie Olsen reads excerpts from Tell Me a Riddle (1961), her collection of short stories; Yonnondio: From the Thirties (1974), an unfinished novel; and the classic work of nonfiction, Silences (1978). Olsen's reading is interspersed with anecdotes and narrative summaries.
Essayist and poet Erik Reece reads poems from A Short History of the Present (2009) and essays from An American Gospel: On Family, History, and the Kingdom of God (2009) as well as Utopia Drive: A Road Trip Through America's Most Radical Idea (2016).
Lawrence Lenhart reads from his essay collection The Well-Stocked and Gilded Cage (2016). This reading was originally given with Benjamin Rybeck and Natasha Stagg.
Elena Passarello reads essays from Animals Strike Curious Poses (2017). This reading was originally given with David Shields.
David Shields reads essays from Other People: Takes & Mistakes (2017). This reading was originally given with Elena Passarello.
Thomas Mira y Lopez reads from his essay collection The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead (2018). This reading was originally given with Francisco Cantú and Sylvia Chan.
Nicole Walker reads from her essay collection Sustainability: A Love Story (2018).
Ander Monson reads from his first memoir, Predator (2022), titled after the 1987 sci-fi action film that he has watched 146 times. Monson shares excerpts from the memoir that closely draw upon select frames and scenes from the film. Part of the Distinguished Visitors in Creative Writing Series, this reading was given alongside Bojan Louis and Manuel Muñoz.
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