Anselm Berrigan - December 4, 2025

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Poetry Center
Anselm Berrigan

Anselm Berrigan reads from Don't Forget to Love Me (2024), sharing poems that emerge from everyday life in New York City during the lockdown phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. He closes with new, uncollected poems, including a long poem on the death of his mother, healthcare systems, and friendship. Wordplay and humor, as well as reflections on grief, recur throughout the reading.

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Gabriel Dozal

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"She's feeding the local birds"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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Excerpts from "Wobble Factory"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Like Real People I lent normal" and "Mandy"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Post-cormorant bar:"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Planet Terror"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Last Thrift"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"brought to bears"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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Excerpt from "from an ongoing untitled poem for Lewis Warsh"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024.

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"the words get together"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Poem written just before turning fifty"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Still Here"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"To Cedar"
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Berrigan, Anselm. Don't Forget to Love Me. Seattle: Wave Books, 2024. 

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"Arshile"
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Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Berrigan, Anselm. "Arshile." Black Sun Lit, Feb 3, 2025. Web. Accessed 17 December 2025. 

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"Can I Do an Angry Orchard?"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Berrigan, Anselm. "Can I Do an Angry Orchard?" Three Fold, no. 18, Spring 2025. Web. Accessed 17 December 2025. 

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"Move It On Over"
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Uncollected.

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"For Crying Out Loud"
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Uncollected.

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"Close Out Heaven"
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Uncollected.

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Anselm Berrigan
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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