found poems

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and novelist Maxine Kumin reads from her then-recent collection Nurture (1989), together with poems written throughout her career, as well as two poems that would go on to be collected in her next book, Looking for Luck (1992). Many of the poems consider connections between animals and humans. Kumin also reads a series of three elegies to her longtime friend Anne Sexton.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil reads poems from At the Drive-In Volcano (2007), Lucky Fish (2011), and her forthcoming collection Oceanic (2018).

Mary Ruefle reads from The Book (2023), together with new poems and what she terms "scraps"—found poems or brief fragments of writing. She primarily selects short pieces but also reads from "Dear Friends," an essay on friendship. Humor and reflections on the passage of time recur throughout.