Reader
Date
Reading Series
Location
Poetry Center
Cameron Awkward-Rich
Cameron Awkward-Rich reads from his third book, An Optimism (2025), including an extended epistolary sequence about civil rights and gender equality activist Pauli Murray. This reading was originally given alongside Franny Choi as the inaugural H.D./Bryher Residency Reading.
Tracks
Video file
Track Title
On the H.D/Bryher Residency for LGBTQ Poets
Description
by Tim Schaffner
Reader
Video file
Track Title
"Palinode"
Description
Differs from published version.
Reader
Citation
Awkward-Rich, Cameron. An Optimism. New York: Persea Books, 2025.
tag
Video file
Track Title
"It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times (When walls were raised...)"
Description
Differs slightly from published version.
Reader
Citation
Awkward-Rich, Cameron. An Optimism. New York: Persea Books, 2025.
Video file
Track Title
"For the Record"
Description
Differs slightly from published version.
Reader
Citation
Awkward-Rich, Cameron. An Optimism. New York: Persea Books, 2025.
