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Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

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Kunz, Edgar. Fixer. New York: Ecco, 2023. 

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Kunz, Edgar. Fixer. New York: Ecco, 2023. 

Reading

In this performance, Allen Ginsberg reads from Howl (1956), Kaddish (1961), and Reality Sandwiches (1963). He also discusses his writing process and reads some unpublished excerpts.

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Diane Wakoski reads poems from her early books, including Discrepancies and Apparitions (1966), Inside the Blood Factory (1968), The Magellanic Clouds (1970), The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems (1971), and Smudging (1972).

Reading

This reading opens with Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading from his journal about stopping in Salome, Arizona on his way to perform for the Poetry Center. He reads primarily from A Coney Island of the Mind but also includes a performance of Walter Lowenfels's anti-war poem "Where is Vietnam."

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Gary Snyder reads poems that would go on to be collected in The Back Country (1968) and talks about his experiences in Japan. He also reads one section of his long work Mountains and Rivers Without End (1996).

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Michelle Tea reads from an unpublished work characterized by humor and eroticism.

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August Kleinzahler reads selected poems from Green Sees Things in Waves, Earthquake Weather, The Strange Hours Travelers Keep and Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow.

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N. Scott Momaday reads both poetry and fiction for the Writers at Work series. He begins with a series of short epitaphs, followed by a series of charms inspired by the Native American oral tradition. He reads a few more poems, including selections from his collection The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969). He concludes the reading with a selection from his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn (1968).

Reading

Edgar Kunz reads from his first two books, Tap Out (2019) and Fixer (2023). Many of the poems he reads center on his father, who suffered from addiction, and reflect on his father's death. He closes with two love poems.

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