Franny Choi - January 15, 2026

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Franny Choi

Franny Choi reads from their third collection, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On (2022), as well as briefly from Soft Science (2019). Choi's poems confront police brutality, violence enacted by borders, and legacies of war, while also reaching toward the future. This reading was originally given alongside Cameron Awkward-Rich as the inaugural H.D./Bryher Residency Reading.

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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On the H.D/Bryher Residency for LGBTQ Poets
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by Tim Schaffner

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Welcome (continued)
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Melissa Goodrich

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Opening Remarks
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"The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On"
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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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"Good Morning America"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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"We Used Our Words We Used What Words We Had"
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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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"You're So Paranoid"
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Choi, Franny. Soft Science. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2019. 

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"Aaron Says the World is Upside Down"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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"Things That Already Go Past Borders"
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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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"Demilitarized Zone"
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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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"Doom"
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Choi, Franny. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On. New York: Ecco, 2022. 

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Franny Choi
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Paola Valenzuela
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Franny Choi and Cameron Awkward-Rich
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Paola Valenzuela
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