Poets & Writers Theater
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“We would try by any means / To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves, / To let go the means, to wake.” In the first installment of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s AAWW at Home series in which writers share how they have been spending their time during the coronavirus pandemic, Celeste Ng talks about her current activities and concerns, and reads Muriel Rukeyser’s “Poem” from The Speed of Darkness (Vintage Books, 1968).
Tags: Not Genre-Specific | Poetry | Celeste Ng | Asian American Writers' Workshop | AAWW at Home | reading | Muriel Rukeyser | Poem | 2020 | 1968 -
“It is strikingly like they have removed their eyes.” Matthew Rohrer, whose poetry collection The Others (Wave Books, 2017) is featured in Page One in the May/June 2017 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine, reads “Poem” for the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series.
Tags: Poetry | Matthew Rohrer | Wave Books | Poem | Brooklyn Poets Reading Series | The Others | May/June 2017
