The Renunciations by Donika Kelly

Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu

Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

The Shape of Sound by Fiona Murphy

God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu

Story of a Poem by Matthew Zapruder

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Júnior, translated by Johnny Lorenz

Daniel Mason reads “The CATAMOUNT, or a True Relation of a Bloody Encounter that Lately Happen’d; a song for VOICE and FIFE, to the tune of CHEERILY and MERRILY,” a poem within the narrative of his novel North Woods, published in September 2023 by Random House.

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Elle Nash reads from the opening of her novel Deliver Me, published by Unnamed Press in October 2023.

Deliver Me by Elle Nash

Diana Khoi Nguyen reads “Đổi Mới” from her poetry collection Root Fractures, published by Scribner in January 2024.

Root Fractures by Diana Khoi Nguyen

Manjula Martin reads from the opening of her memoir, The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History, published by Pantheon Books in January 2024.

The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History by Manjula Martin

Elizabeth Gonzalez James reads from the prologue of her novel The Bullet Swallower, published by Simon & Schuster in January 2024.

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Zenia Tompkins reads from “The Two Antons” from her English translation of Artem Chapeye’s story collection, The Ukraine, published by Seven Stories Press in January 2024. Chapeye follows with a reading of the same selection in Ukrainian.

The Ukraine by Artem Chapeye

Kaveh Akbar reads from the opening of his novel, Martyr!, published by Knopf in January 2024.

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Master by Simon Shieh

To Be Named Something Else by Shaina Phenix

Have You Been Long Enough at Table by Leslie Sainz

SOFT APOCALYPSE by Leah Nieboer

Grace Engine by Joshua Burton

Things I Didn’t Do With This Body by Amanda Gunn

Tommy Orange reads from “How to Fly,” the thirteenth chapter of his novel Wandering Stars, published by Knopf in February 2024.

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Sarah Levine reads “Brave,” “Bang-Bang,” and “A Horse is a Toy for Crazy People” from her poetry collection, Each Knuckle With Sugar, published by Driftwood Press in February 2024.

Each Knuckle With Sugar by Sarah Levine

Jennifer Croft reads from the first chapter of her novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey, published by Bloomsbury in March 2024.

The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft

Hala Alyan reads “Tonight I’ll Dream of Nadia” from her poetry collection The Moon That Turns You Back, published by Ecco in March 2024.

The Moon That Turns You Back by Hala Alyan

Morgan Parker reads from the opening of her essay collection, You Get What You Pay For, published by One World in March 2024.

You Get What You Pay For by Morgan Parker

Wei Tchou reads “Spores,” the third chapter of her memoir, Little Seed, published by A Strange Object in May 2024.

Little Seed by Wei Tchou

Rachel Khong reads from the opening of her novel Real Americans, published by Knopf in April 2024.

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Peter Mishler reads “A Message From Our Founder” and “Where Else but Target” from his poetry collection Children in Tactical Gear, published by the University of Iowa Press in May 2024.

Children in Tactical Gear by Peter Mishler

Lilly Dancyger reads from “First Love,” the opening essay of her collection, First Love: Essays on Friendship, published by the Dial Press in May 2024.

First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

Diannely Antigua reads “Diary Entry #28: Ars Poetica” and “We Never Stop Talking About Our Mothers” from her poetry collection Good Monster, published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2024.

Good Monster by Diannely Antigua

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