UA Poetry Center
Jay Hopler reads poems from Still Life (2022), written during his time living with a terminal cancer diagnosis. Hopler was unable to travel to Tucson but appeared for an in-person audience via Zoom. This reading was originally given with Kimberly Johnson.
by Diana Marie Delgado
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Video freezes during the second line of the poem ("In 1970, my parents had an accident: Me.").
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Differs slightly from published version.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Audience laughter renders eighth line inaudible ("Nothing Rhymes w/ Dead:").
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
Hopler, Jay. Still Life. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2022.
