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Richard and Nora Marks Dauenhauer read from their English translations of Tlingit poems and stories, providing fascinating explanations of the traditions behind the literature. They read first the original Tlingit and then the English translations. They conclude by reading from their own original poems.

Annie Wenstrup reads from her first book, The Museum of Unnatural Histories (2025). She shares poems that engage with the fluidity of storytelling via a Dena'ina story of Ggugguyni and Half-human-woman. She closes with a poem addressed to Chakotay, a character from Star Trek: Voyager. This reading was originally given with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.