remembering

Li-Young Lee reads primarily from his second collection, The City in Which I Love You, which was published the same year as this reading. He also reads one poem from his first collection, Rose (1986).

Li-Young Lee reads widely from his body of work and discusses forms, craft, and chance in poetry.

Rosemary Catacalos reads several poems from her first collection, Again for the First Time (1984), before sharing more recent poems, many of which would appear in anthologies throughout the 1990s. San Antonio, Texas, figures prominently, and key themes include multicultural identity and life in border communities.

Vivian Gornick reads from Fierce Attachments (1987), a memoir of the author's past and present relationship with her mother. This University of Arizona Creative Writing faculty reading was originally given with Mary Elsie Robertson.