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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.

Robert Hemenway reads an excerpt from At the Border (1984) and prefaces his reading with a description of common themes in his writing.

Richard Siken reads poems from his collection War of the Foxes (2015). This reading was orginally given with Annie Guthrie. 

Essayist Elissa Washuta reads from her manuscript-in-progress, temporarily titled The Big Score. Washuta describes the manuscript as an "experimental business memoir" focused on the GameStop short squeeze, a major stock market event in early 2021. This reading was originally given alongside Sarah Minor.