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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 soul of a poet. His mother had...

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. Sentence...

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 armin a shroudin a cribon...

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 thing or a condition of being...

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 the page is stillwhite, still here, more shore than...

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 carved meinto an outcast...

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

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 which she flees& the...

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 code, because they...

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 event that began under the...