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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.
Marcum, Carl. A Camera Obscura. Pasadena: Red Hen Press, 2021.
Hillman, Brenda. "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mother’s Garden." Poem-a-Day. The Academy of American Poets, 26 December 2022. Web. Accessed 21 February 2024.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Zapruder, Matthew. Father's Day. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2019.
Wunderlich, Mark. "My Local Dead." Poem-a-Day. The Academy of American Poets, 28 March 2022. Web. Accessed 6 December 2024.
Tuffaha, Lena Khalaf. Something about Living. Akron: The University of Akron Press, 2024.
Ofelia Zepeda reads from her collection Where Clouds Are Formed (2008). This reading was originally given with Luci Tapahonso.
Karen Brennan reads from little dark (2014). This reading was originally given with Brian Blanchfield and Stephen Willey.
Ann H. Zwinger reads from her books of natural history, including Beyond the Aspen Groove (1970), Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the West (1975), Wind in the Rock: The Canyonlands of Southeastern Utah (1978), and A Desert Country near the Sea: A Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja California (1983).
Nanao Sakaki performs poems and songs in the courtyard of the Poetry Center on Cherry Avenue. Asking the audience, "Any questions? I'll answer by my poems," Sakaki addresses themes raised by audience members such as anger, feeling at home, time, walking, and love for the desert and all forms of life.
Cherríe Moraga reads excerpts from her memoir Native Country of the Heart (2019).
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha reads from her third book, Something about Living (2024), winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry. She shares poems centered on the lives of Palestinians, their ongoing experience of extreme violence and war, and the deep effects of imperialism. This reading was originally given with Annie Wenstrup.
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