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Dai, Thomas. Take My Name But Say It Slow. New York: W.W. Norton, 2025.
Brenda Hillman reads primarily from her collection Coffee, 3 a.m. (1981). She also reads poems from a then forthcoming collection, White Dress (1985). This reading was originally given with Leonard Michaels.
Wendy Burk discusses and reads from her translation of Tedi López Mills' Against the Current (2016) and her own first collection of poems, Tree Talks: Southern Arizona (2016). This reading was originally given with Renee Angle.
Roberto Tejada gives a talk titled "Diagonal and Self-Possessed Group Portrait with Liminal Figures" as part of the 2017 Thinking Its Presence conference.
Thomas Dai reads an essay from his first book, Take My Name But Say It Slow (2025). The essay considers the beginning of a romantic relationship alongside lovers' marks—initials or other signs left in public as declarations of love. This reading was originally given alongside Josh Riedel.
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