In Episode 2 of Multi-Verse, poet Wendy Xu reads and discusses her poem “A Sound Not Unlike a Bell” with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham. It's a special opportunity to hear a poem of this length performed in a single sitting—sit back and feast your ears.
Find the full text for “A Sound Not Unlike a Bell” in Wendy Xu's new book, The Past(Wesleyan University Press, 2021), available here: https://www.weslpress.org/9780819580467/the-past/
Listen to more poetry at https://www.multiversepoetry.org

2. Wendy Xu: A Sound Not Unlike a Bell

In Episode 3 of Multi-Verse, poet Mikko Harvey reads and discusses his poem “Let the World Have You” with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, in a conversation that explores the inner desires of objects and how to let go of reality in writing about nature. 

Find the full text for “Let the World Have You” in Mikko Harvey's new book by the same name(Let the World Have You, House of Anansi Press, 2022), available here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/let-the-world-have-you
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3. Mikko Harvey: Let the World Have You

In Episode 5 of Multi-Verse, poet Amanda Gunn reads her poem “What You Meant” and discusses its themes of love, grief, and memory with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham. 
Learn more about Amanda Gunn and her forthcoming debut collection, Things I Didn't Do with This Body(Copper Canyon Press, 2023), here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/amanda-gunn/
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5. Amanda Gunn: What You Meant

In Episode 6 of Multi-Verse, poet CM Burroughs reads her trio of “Dear Liver” poems and discusses themes of grief, agency, and healing with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham. 
Read CM Burroughs's “Dear Liver” poems in her second collection, Master Suffering(Tupelo Press, 2021), here: https://www.tupelopress.org/product/master-suffering/
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6. CM Burroughs: Dear Liver

In Episode 9 of Multi-Verse, poet J. Mae Barizo reads and discusses her poem “Sunday Women on Malcolm X Boulevard.” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Barizo explores the rhythms of the body, wildfires near and far, and the intimate power of the couplet.

“Sunday Women on Malcolm X Boulevard” is part of J. Mae Barizo’s second poetry collection, Tender Machines, published in May 2023 with Tupelo Press.

Get the book: https://www.tupelopress.org/product/tender-machines/
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9. J. Mae Barizo: Sunday Women on Malcolm X Boulevard

In Episode 10 of Multi-Verse, poet Niina Pollari reads and discusses “How to Read This Poem.” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Pollari talks about what it means to be honest in a poem about grief.

“How to Read This Poem” can be found in Pollari's collection “Path of Totality” (Soft Skull, 2022), available here: https://softskull.com/books/path-of-totality/

10. Niina Pollari: How to Read This Poem

In Episode 11 of Multi-Verse, poet Monica Youn reads and discusses “Study of Two Figures (Agave / Pentheus).” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Youn explores representations of Asian identity in Greek myth and the immigrant family sitcom: "Euripides meets Margaret Cho."

“Study of Two Figures (Agave / Pentheus)” can be found in Youn's collection “From From” (Graywolf, 2023), available here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/from-from

11. Monica Youn: Study of Two Figures (Agave / Pentheus)

In Episode 12 of Multi-Verse, poet Timothy Liu reads “Last Christmas”  and chats with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about the poem's themes of love, desire, and loneliness—and how much detail is enough to tell a story.

“Last Christmas” can be found in Liu's collection “Down Low And Lowdown: Timothy Liu’s Bedside Bottom-Feeder Blues” (Barrow Street Press, 2023), available here:

https://barrowstreet.org/press/product/down-low-and-lowdown-timothy-lius-bedside-bottom-feeder-blues-timothy-liu/

12. Timothy Liu: Last Christmas

In Episode 13 of Multi-Verse, poet Eugene Ostashevsky reads five sonnets and talks with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about mixing humor with horror and the stupidity of war.

Ostashevsky's latest collection, THE FEELING SONNETS (New York Review Books, 2022), is available here:
https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-feeling-sonnets

13. Eugene Ostashevsky: Five Sonnets

In Episode 14 of Multi-Verse, poet Barbara Tran reads “Loon Song” and chats with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about fever, living with uncertainty, and the wisdom of beehives. 

“Loon Song” can be found in Tran's debut collection, PRECEDENTED PARROTING (Palimpsest Press, 2024), available here:

https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/precedented-parroting-barbara-tran/

14. Barbara Tran: Loon Song

In Episode 15 of Multi-Verse, poet Philip Metres reads “Fugitive” and talks with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about memory, home-longing, and paying attention to the accordion of time.

“Fugitive” can be found in Metres's latest collection, FUGITIVE/REFUGE (Copper Canyon Press, 2024), available here:

https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/fugitive-refuge-by-philip-metres/

15. Philip Metres: Fugitive

In Episode 16 of Multi-Verse, poet Devon Walker-Figueroa reads “Private Lessons" and talks with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about ghosts, dance, and shaping and breaking form.

“Private Lessons” can be found in Walker-Figueroa's collection PHILOMATH (Milkweed Editions, 2021), available here:

https://milkweed.org/book/philomath

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