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Dear Poet 2026: Wendy Xu

Dear Poet 2026: Wendy Xu Reads "Looking at My Father"

Dear Poet 2026: Wendy Xu Reads "Looking at My Father"

“Am I living? Do I / accept revision / as my godhead / and savior?” Wendy Xu reads her poem “Looking at My Father,” which appears in her collection The Past (Wesleyan University Press, 2021), in this video for the Dear Poet series, the Academy of American Poets’ educational project for National Poetry Month.

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Poets & Writers Theater

Dear Poet 2026: Wendy Xu

Dear Poet 2026: Wendy Xu Reads "Looking at My Father"

Dear Poet 2026: Wendy Xu Reads "Looking at My Father"