Julie Swarstad Johnson - January 11, 2024

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Terrain.org, Poetry Center

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Poetry Center
Terrain.org 25th Anniversary Reading: Julie Swarstad Johnson

As part of the Terrain.org 25th Anniversary reading, Julie Swarstad Johnson reads poems that consider the night sky, astronomy, and place. She primarily reads from a sequence of epistolary poems titled "Night Letters," and she opens with one poem from Pennsylvania Furnace (2019). This reading was originally given alongside Derek Sheffield and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke.

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Welcome on behalf of the Poetry Center
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by Tyler Meier

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Welcome on behalf of Terrain.org
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by Simmons Buntin

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On the founding of Terrain.org and Introduction to Julie Swarstad Johnson
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by Simmons Buntin

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"Self-Portrait with Tucson"
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Johnson, Julie Swarstad. Pennsylvania Furnace. Greensboro: Unicorn Press, 2019.

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"Sermon on the Heavens"
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Differs from published version, which bears the title "Psalm 8."

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Johnson, Julie Swarstad. Beyond Earth's Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight. Edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2020, pp. 124-125.

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"Night Letters (October 2020)"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Johnson, Julie Swarstad. "Night Letters (October 2020)." Terrain.org, October 31, 2022. Web. Accessed 24 January 2024.

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"Night Letters (November 2020)"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Johnson, Julie Swarstad. "Night Letters (November 2020)." Terrain.org, October 31, 2022. Web. Accessed 24 January 2024.

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"Night Letters (December 2020)"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Johnson, Julie Swarstad. "Night Letters (December 2020)." Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, Winter 2021-2022. Web. Accessed 24 January 2024.

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"Night Letters (January 2021)"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Johnson, Julie Swarstad. "Night Letters (January 2021)." Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, Winter 2021-2022. Web. Accessed 24 January 2024.

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Julie Swarstad Johnson
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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