Heaven by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Rowan Ricardo Phillips reads three poems from his new collection, Heaven, published in June by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Ampersand Extra: Jesse Browner Interview
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...
In the Country by Mia Alvar
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...
My Feelings by Nick Flynn
Nick Flynn reads three poems from his new collection, My Feelings, published in June by Graywolf Press.
Visiting Hours by Amy Butcher
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...
Surrounded By Friends by Matthew Rohrer
Matthew Rohrer reads five poems from his collection Surrounded By Friends, published in April by Wave Books.
Le Machine Ate Himself
Le machine ate himself the card that is mineI said, and I have need of the...
Ampersand Extra: Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Writers
Benjamin Percy, the author of five books, including the novel The Dead Lands, published in April by Grand Central Publishing, wrote and recorded this literary rendition of the Ed Bruce song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be...
Lord Fear by Lucas Mann
Lucas Mann reads from his memoir, Lord Fear, forthcoming in May from Pantheon Books.
[NOTEBOOK, UNDATED, “THE MATTER OF THE DRUGS”]: Rules!!– ANY substance cannot be taken two days concurrently. I will keep it to twice per...
Blue Yodel by Ansel Elkins
Ansel Elkins reads three poems from her debut collection, Blue Yodel, forthcoming in March from Yale University Press.
Blues for the Death of the Sun
The evening sun descended with the decorum of an old manWho...
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
Kelly Link reads an excerpt of the story "Light" from her latest collection, Get in Trouble, published in February by Random House.
Light
two men, one raised by wolves
The man at the bar on...
The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen
Alice Eve Cohen reads four excerpts from her memoir, The Year My Mother Came Back, forthcoming in March from Algonquin Books.
The Year My Mother Came Back
One day, my brilliant, beautiful, complicated mother...
Descent by Tim Johnston
Tim Johnston reads an excerpt from his novel Descent, published in January by Algonquin Books.From The Life Before Her name was Caitlin, she was eighteen, and her own heart would sometimes wake her—flying...
Too Young to Marry but Not Too Young to Die
Ben Arthur's seventh album, Call and Response, to be released next spring, is a collection of "answer songs," each responding to another artist's work. Some respond to songs—for instance, the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" or...
Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life by Dawn Lundy Martin
Dawn Lundy Martin reads two poems from her collection Life in a Box is a Pretty Life, published in December by Nightboat Books.
The Unspeakable by Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum reads two excerpts from her essay collection The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion, forthcoming in November from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
From the Introduction
For more than twenty years...
Women by Chloe Caldwell
Chloe Caldwell reads an excerpt from her novella, Women, published in October by Short Flight / Long Drive Books.
What I know for certain about this time: My pupils were expanding. I never did figure out if this was a symptom of...
Congotronic by Shane Book
Shane Book reads a selection of poems from his latest collection, Congotronic, forthcoming in September from University of Iowa Press.
African Evening
I had a thing for mange.Her skin was fluorescent with it.The...
In Case of Emergency by Courtney Moreno
Courtney Moreno reads an excerpt from her debut novel, In Case of Emergency, forthcoming in September from McSweeney's Books.In Case of EmergencyWhen conducting the triage of a multi-casualty incident, start by...
Your Face in Mine by Jess Row
Jess Row reads an excerpt from his novel, Your Face in Mine, published in August by Riverhead Books.
Your Face in Mine
It doesn’t seem possible, even now, that it could begin the way it begins, in the blank light...
Hard Love Province by Marilyn Chin
Marilyn Chin reads six poems from her latest collection, Hard Love Province, published in June by Norton.
Alba: Moon Camellia Loverfor Don Lonewolf
Last night through the camellia bolesI gazed, transfixed...
The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai reads an excerpt from her novel The Hundred-Year House, forthcoming in July from Viking.
For a ghost story, the tale of Violet Saville Devohr was vague and underwhelming. She had lived, she was unhappy, and she...
The Other Side by Lacy M. Johnson
Lacy M. Johnson reads an excerpt from her memoir The Other Side, forthcoming in July from Tin House Books.
I crash through the screen door, arms flailing like two loose propellers, stumbling like a woman on fire: hair and clothes...
Once I Was Cool by Megan Stielstra
Megan Stielstra reads an excerpt from her debut essay collection, Once I Was Cool, forthcoming in May from Curbside Splendor.
Stop Reading and Listen
1.
Just after we eloped and just before the housing market crashed, my...
Mad Honey Symposium by Sally Wen Mao
Sally Wen Mao reads five poems from her debut collection, Mad Honey Symposium, forthcoming in May from Alice James Books.
Valentine for a Flytrap
You are a hairy painting. I belong to your jaw.Nothing slakes you—no...
Talkativeness by Michael Earl Craig
Michael Earl Craig reads four poems from his collection Talkativeness, published in April by Wave Books.
Quick Sketch of a Bullet
There is a bullet here on my desk.Tipped over on its side.Its jacket is brassand...