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Steve Orlen reads largely uncollected early poems, some of which appeared in Poetry magazine or would later appear in his chapbooks Sleeping on Doors (1975) and Separate Creatures (1976).

Poet, playwright, and novelist Owen Dodson reads a range of poems from his distinguished career. As he introduces his poems, Dodson reflects on his consciousness as a writer, from his undergraduate days at Bates College to his engagement with spirituality, Civil Rights, and social justice.

In this reading, originally given with Alison Hawthorne Deming, Jane Miller reads poems from the collection A Palace of Pearls (2005).

Winners of the Poets & Writers Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, Laura Kasischke and David Reynolds read from their winning manuscripts. Kasischke reads poems from Housekeeping in a Dream, and Reynolds reads the chapter "Hush, Noah" from In the Waiting World.

Alicia Ostriker reads from her seventeenth book of poems, The Holy & Broken Bliss: Poems in Plague Time (2024). Written during the Covid-19 pandemic, these poems move through domesticity, political division, police brutality, and Ostriker's ongoing spiritual quest. Ostriker was delayed in reaching Tucson and appeared via Zoom for an in-person audience. This reading was originally given with Eleanor Wilner.