American history
Pico, Tommy. Feed. Portland, OR: Tin House Books, 2019, pp. 7-10, 18, 10-15, 25-27, 19.
Wild, Peter. "Unwanted Pregnancies." Uncollected.
"Lazarus." Uncollected.
"Columbus." Uncollected (not the poem from "Columbus" from The Brides of Christ).
"Why Popes Don't Write Books." Uncollected.
"The Polish Baker." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Thomas Jefferson." Uncollected.
"Aldo Leopold." Uncollected (not the poem from "Aldo Leopold" from Wilderness).
"Fanny Appleton." Uncollected.
"Rubens." Uncollected.
"Hoover Dam." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"The Book of Proverbs." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Sunlight in a Violin Case." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Your Teeth: An Owner's Guide." Uncollected.
"Local Historical Societies." Uncollected.
"Daniel." Easy Victory. Tucson: SUN/gemini Press, 1994.
"Sign of Spring." Published version bears the title "Crocuses." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
"Smokejumper's Pants." The Brides of Christ. Vienna, Austria: Mosaic Publications, 1991.
Gardinier, Suzanne. The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 133.
"Migrations (It was the moon of big winds In the night)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 130.
"The Ghost of Santo Domingo (They gave us broken crockery broken)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 109.
"Admirals (The people go naked men and women)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 82.
"The Ghost of Santo Domingo (That the earth may shelter and sustain us)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 83.
"Admirals (He stares south on his column over anchors)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 4.
"Memorials (This afternoon cut bound shocks of cane)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, pp. 127-129.
"Blues (You tell me no trouble's on your trail)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 95.
"To The City of Fire (All along there have been places where I)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 107.
"To Peace (When will you come The days are long the nights)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 6.
"To Peace (Peace I have feared you hated you scuffed dirt)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 31.
"To Peace (Why should you come to meet me your most)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 84.
"Where Blind Sorrow Is Taught To See (Before you I walked with my hands in my pockets)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 98.
"Where Blind Sorrow Is Taught To See (Rain shines black where the red-and-white-light-laced)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 20.
"At School (Excuse me the teacher says Where are you going)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 61.
"Democracy (Where there was furnishing and canopy)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 47.
"Refugees (Every night she dreams of departure)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 10.
"To The City of Fire (If I forget you let my sleep dwindle)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 3.
"Blues (Come here baby wrap your arms around)." The New World. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993, p. 17.
Longtime University of Arizona faculty member Peter Wild reads poems from The Brides of Christ (1991), together with poems that would remain uncollected or appear in his final poetry collection, Easy Victory (1994). Throughout, he reads poems about individuals from American history, European art history, and the Bible.
Ocean Vuong reads poems from Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016). This reading was originally given with Camille Rankine.
Tyehimba Jess reads historical persona poems from leadbelly (2005) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Olio (2016), including the full sonnet sequence about the McKoy twins from Olio. He also discusses the research behind Olio and the complex forms he uses throughout the collection, particularly his syncopated sonnets.
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