This is a recording of a reading I gave at Hartwick College on November 16, 2017. I read the long poem, "The Shape of Things II," which concludes my second collection of poetry, The Shape of Things (Salò, 2017).

"The Shape of Things II," Reading for Hartwick College's Visiting Writers Series, November 16, 2017

Reading At Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series, June 13, 2017

Bradley J. Fest reads his long Western poem, "Symphony of the Great Transnational," from his first book, The Rocking Chair (Blue Sketch, 2015). The reading took place at the monthly Writers Salon at the Community Arts Network of Oneonta on May 17, 2018 in Oneonta, New York. The poem was first published in a slightly different form by Spork 2007: http://sporkpress.com/6_1/pieces/Fest.html.

"Symphony of the Great Transnational," Reading on May 17, 2018

For SUNY Oneonta's Red Dragon Reading Series on September 18, 2018, with Julie Suarez-Hayes,, Bradley J. Fest reads "Volcanoes/Organics" and "Nothingness Introduced from the Heart of the Image," from The Rocking Chair, and "Fallout: New Vegas" and "An Open Letter to Narcissus: The Magazine by Narcissists, for Narcissists," from The Shape of Things.

Unknown album (9/24/2018 9:50:56 AM)

Reading at the Red Dragon Reading Series, September 18, 2018: "Volcanoes/Organics" and Other Poems

https://quinhausvi.weebly.com/bradley-j-fest.html

2013-2017: Sonnets

"2016.16," "2016.17," and "2016.18," in Mannequin Haus, January 2020

https://www.pamenarpress.com/post/bradley-j-fest

"Meditations at Oneonta," in Pamenar, March 2020

Bradley J. Fest is associate professor of literature, media, and writing and the 2022-25 Cora A. Babcock Chair in English at Hartwick College. He is the author of three volumes of poetry, The Rocking Chair (Blue Sketch, 2015) The Shape of Things (Salò, 2017), and 2013–2017: Sonnets (LJMcD Communications, forthcoming 2024), along with a number of essays on literature and culture.