trauma

Arianne Zwartjes reads selections from Detailing Trauma: A Poetic Anatomy (2012), along with new work.

Ariana Reines reads new and uncollected poems, including one written for this reading.

Richard Marius reads an excerpt from an early draft of his novel After the War (1992).

Claudia Rankine reads from and discusses Citizen (2014). This reading incorporates artwork included in Citizen as well as other visual materials, including additional works by artists featured in Citizen and the video essay "Situation 8" by Claudia Rankine and John Lucas. 

Forrest Gander reads widely from his translations from the Spanish, including poems by Coral Bracho, Alfonso D'Aquino, Pura López Colomé, Nezahualcóyotl, and Jaime Saenz. He also reads from his translations of Pablo Neruda's rediscovered works, published as Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems (2016).

James Allen Hall reads the title essay from I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well (2017).

Monica Sok reads poems from her collection A Nail the Evening Hangs On (2020). This reading was originally given alongside Tiana Clark.