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Chloe Caldwell reads an excerpt from “Hungry Ghost,” included in her new essay collection, I’ll Tell You in Person, published in October by Emily Books.

Fanny Howe reads from her latest essay collection, The Needle’s Eye: Passing Through Youth, published in November by Graywolf Press. Embryonic Once upon a time in Uzbekistan there was a boy named Faroukh who had the...

Thylias Moss reads three new poems from her latest collection, Wannabe Hoochie Mama Gallery of Realities' Red Dress Code, published in September by Persea Books.

Monica Youn reads three poems from her new collection, Blackacre, published in September by Graywolf Press. GOLDACRE We have seen claims that Twinkies . . . aren’t baked, the sponge cake instead being “a pure Chemical...

Alejandro Zambra reads from his book of fiction, Multiple Choice, in the original Spanish alongside the book's translator, Megan McDowell, who reads her English translation. The collection was published in July by Penguin Books.IV....

Solmaz Sharif reads the poem "Lay" from her first book of poetry, Look, published in July by Graywolf Press.LAY    downto sleep thento rest last nightto waste beforeacross a stretcheracross a shoulderover a legbeneath an...

Tyehimba Jess reads from his latest poetry collection, Olio, published in April by Wave Books.   Hagar in the WildernessCarved Marble. Edmonia Lewis, 1875 My God is the living God,God of the impertinent exile.An outcast who...

Aracelis Girmay reads two poems from her latest poetry collection, The Black Maria, published in April by BOA Editions.   from prayer & letter to the dead While the room is stilldry here, while...

Brenda Shaughnessy reads from her latest poetry collection, So Much Synth, published in May by Copper Canyon Press.   How It Is It isn't every day I can wrap my mind around it.It being just what you'd think it is. Not a...

The Bookshop Band’s “A Shop With Books In.” Used by permission of the Bookshop Band.

Karan Mahajan reads from his latest novel, The Association of Small Bombs, published in March by Viking.The Association of Small BombsThe bombing, for which Mr. and Mrs. Khurana were not present, was a flat, percussive...

Melissa Broder reads an excerpt from her essay collection, So Sad Today, published in March by Grand Central Publishing.I Want To Be a Whole Person But Really ThinI am an eater of numbers. I prefer packaged foods, foods with a bar...

Rita Mae Reese reads a crown of sonnets from her latest poetry collection, The Book of Hulga, published in March by the University of Wisconsin Press. Illustrations by Julie Franki. Milledgevilleis the nothingness from...

Idra Novey reads an excerpt from her debut novel, Ways to Disappear, published in February by Little, Brown.

erica lewis reads two poems from her latest collection, daryl hall is my boyfriend, published in December by Barrelhouse Books. The Silver Leaves The Drone of Clever Talk “you look like one of those moon girls”how we’re...

Mira Ptacin reads an excerpt from her debut memoir, Poor Your Soul, published in January by Soho Press. Poor Your Soul I know some things. I know you set the backyard on fire. It was autumn. You were six years old. The oak...

Poet and translator Ming Di reads three poems, in both the original Chinese and in English, from the poetry collection Empty Chairs by Liu Xia, published in November by Graywolf Press and translated into English by Ming Di and Jennifer...

Camille Rankine reads three poems from her new collection, Incorrect Merciful Impulses, published in November by Copper Canyon Press.

Marsha de la O reads three poems from her new collection, Antidote for Night, published in September by BOA Editions.

Rowan Ricardo Phillips reads three poems from his new collection, Heaven, published in June by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Ampersand hosts Kevin Larimer and Melissa Faliveno sit down with Jesse Browner, the author of How Did I Get Here? Making Peace With the Road Not Taken, published this month by Harper Wave, to talk about the new book and the decisions we...

Mia Alvar reads an excerpt from her debut story collection, In the Country, published in June by Knopf.   Legends of the White Lady If you are beautiful and broke, one place left for you is Asia. Usually when I ran out of...

Nick Flynn reads three poems from his new collection, My Feelings, published in June by Graywolf Press.

Amy Butcher reads from her debut memoir, Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder, published in April by Blue Rider Press. As my car cuts across the countryside toward Kevin's prison, the sun like yolk across the fields, I...