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Matejka, Adrian. "& Later,." poets.org. The Academy of American Poets, 4 September 2015. Web. 23 March 2016.

Matejka, Adrian. Mixology. New York: Penguin Books, 2009. 

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Sax, Sam. Pig. New York: Scribner, 2023.

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Monson, Ander. Predator. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2022, pp. 137-139.

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Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.

Reading

John Ashbery reads widely from his body of work, including poems from both Shadow Train and A Wave, which were published in the four years that followed this reading.

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Marilyn Chin reads primarily from her 1994 collection The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty.

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Juliana Spahr reads from The Connection of Everyone with Lungs (2005) and "Gentle Now, Don't Add to Heartache" as part of the Poetry Center's Fall 2009 sequence of themed readings, "Oh Earth, Wait for Me: Conversations about Art and Ecology." This reading was given alongside Jonathan Skinner.

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David Wojahn reads primarily from his then-manuscript Late Empire (1994), which would be published two years later. He also reads four sections of his sonnet sequence on rock and roll from Mystery Train (1990).

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Peter Wild reads uncollected poems on a diverse range of subjects, from famous Western frontiersmen to radio therapy to optometrists. Along the way he shares with the audience experiences and preoccupations that have shaped his work.

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Rae Armantrout reads from Writing the Plot About Sets (1998), Up To Speed (2004), Collected Prose (2007) and Next Life (2007). This reading was originally given with Rodney Phillips.

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Tiana Clark reads from her poetry collection I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood (2018) as well as two uncollected poems. This reading was originally given alongside Monica Sok. 

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Ander Monson reads from his first memoir, Predator (2022)titled after the 1987 sci-fi action film that he has watched 146 times. Monson shares excerpts from the memoir that closely draw upon select frames and scenes from the film. Part of the Distinguished Visitors in Creative Writing Series, this reading was given alongside Bojan Louis and Manuel Muñoz

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