Steve Orlen reads extensively from his collection The Bridge of Sighs (1992). His selections follow the book's four major themes, which he describes as poems of childhood, poems of love and marriage, poems of relationship, and poems of grace.
Orlen, Steve. "The Big Difference." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Child Care." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Porch Life." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Standing in Line for The Pickle Family Circus." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Pilgrims." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"The Bridge of Sighs." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Religious Feeling." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"A Family of Three." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"The Early Poetry." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"An Older Woman." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Blame." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"A House." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Life Drawing." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Carmen." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Buddies." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Shame." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Celebrity." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Acts of Will." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"Acts of Grace." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
"At the Indoor Shopping Mall." The Bridge of Sighs. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press, 1992.
