Vievee Francis - November 20, 2025

Date
Reading Series
Location
Poetry Center
Vievee Francis

Vievee Francis reads from The Shared World (2023) and Forest Primeval (2016), along with one uncollected poem. The poems she reads consider the griefs and joys of close relationships amidst the strains of our present world. This reading was originally given alongside Matthew Olzmann.

Tracks
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Welcome
Description

by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Aria Pahari

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"Break Me and I'll Sing"
Citation

Francis, Vievee. The Shared World. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2023. 

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"A Call to Arms"
Description

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Francis, Vievee. The Shared World. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2023. 

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"The Shared World"
Description

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Francis, Vievee. The Shared World. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2023. 

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Track Title
"I've Worn It Three Days in a Row"
Description

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Francis, Vievee. The Shared World. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2023. 

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"Relevance"
Description

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Francis, Vievee. The Shared World. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2023. 

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"Tintype"
Description

Differs from published version. 

Citation

Francis, Vievee. Forest Primeval. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2016. 

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"Ars Poetica from This Vale"
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Francis, Vievee. "Ars Poetica from This Vale." New American Studies Journal, no. 75, 2024. Online. Accessed 10 December 2025. 

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"Husband Fair"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Francis, Vievee. Forest Primeval. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2016. 

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Track Title
"A Small Poem"
Citation

Francis, Vievee. Forest Primeval. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2016. 

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Vievee Francis
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Vievee Francis & Matthew Olzmann
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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