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Ujjwala Maharjan reads "Bhatti"
Ujjwala Maharjan (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “Bhatti
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Tarfia Faizullah reads "Speculations About 'I'"
Tarfia Faizullah reads Toi Derricotte's poem, "Speculations About 'I'
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Sara Eliza Johnson reads "The Living"
Sara Eliza Johnson reads Feng Sun Chen's poem "The Living
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Raych Jackson reads “self-portrait as the space between us”
Raych Jackson reads Trace DePass's poem, “self-portrait as the space between us”.
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Porsha Olayiwola reads "today is a day of tiny massacres"
Porsha Olayiwola (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "today is a day of tiny massacres
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Leila Chatti reads “Fasting in Tunis”
Leila Chatti reads her poem "Fasting in Tunis
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Dustin Pearson reads "Dedication"
Dustin Pearson reads Ben Mirov's poem, "Dedication
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Charlotte Abotsi reads "how i'm doin"
Charlotte Abotsi (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “how i'm doin
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Brittany Rogers reads "In Response to Baby Girl Asking Me If It Hurts to Give Birth"
Brittany Rogers (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "In Response to Baby Girl Asking Me If It Hurts to Give Birth
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Adrian Matejka reads "You and I Are Disappearing" by Yusef Komunyakaa
Adrian Matejka (he/him/his) reads the poem, "You and I Are Disappearing" by Yusef Komunyakaa.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Srinivas Mandavilli - 'Grandfather'
Srini Mandavilli is a practicing pathologist with expertise in gynecologic pathology. He has recently published a chapbook “Gods in the Foyer” and has poems published in Freshwater, SN Review, Caduceus, Drunken Boat, Theodate, The...
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Rennie McQuilkin - 'Breech Birth'
Rennie McQuilkin, has an extensive background participating in poetry readings and workshops in Connecticut, and beyond, has had a distinguished literary career with several published full-length collections of poetry. His work has...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Donaghy - 'The Nun and the Roaches'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Charles Bernstein - 'Steve Dalachinsky'
Charles Bernstein taught poetry and poetics, with an emphasis on modernist and contemporary art, aesthetics, and performance. He retired from Penn on June 30, 2019. Bernstein has published five collections of essays — Pitch of Poetry...
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Mark Tredinnick "Soft Bombs"
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
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Lily Brett "If We Could Stay"
Lily Brett is an internationally acclaimed author of six novels, four collections of essays and nine volumes of poetry. She has been the recipient of many literary awards including, the 1987 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award: C.J....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura "Memorial"
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a poet, visual artist, and cartoonist. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, DMQ Review, Tule Review, THINK Journal, Louisiana Literature, Naugatuck River Review, and elsewhere....
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MARS Marshall reads "Consider the Deer" by Taylor Johnson
MARS Marshall (they/he) reads Taylor Johnson's poem, “Consider the Deer
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Kleo Sincere reads "To Autumn"
Kleo Sincere (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “To Autumn
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Kaveh Akbar reads "I Didn't Apologize to the Well"
Kaveh Akbar reads a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, translated from Arabic by poet Fady Joudah.
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Erika Meitner reads "I’ll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You’ll Become"
Erika Meitner reads her poem, "I’ll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You’ll Become
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Elizabeth Metzger reads "Not Spring"
Elizabeth Metzger reads her poem, "Not Spring