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In Episode 13 of Multi-Verse, poet Eugene Ostashevsky reads five sonnets and talks with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about mixing humor with horror and the stupidity of war.
Eugene Ostashevsky's latest poetry collection is The Feeling Sonnets (New York Review Books, 2022).

In Episode 12 of Multi-Verse, poet Timothy Liu reads “Last Christmas” and chats with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham about the poem's themes of love, desire, and loneliness—and how much detail is enough to tell a story.

“Last Christmas” can be found in Liu's collection “Down Low And Lowdown: Timothy Liu’s Bedside Bottom-Feeder Blues” (Barrow Street Press, 2023).
 
 

In Episode 11 of Multi-Verse, poet Monica Youn reads and discusses “Study of Two Figures (Agave / Pentheus).” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Youn explores representations of Asian identity in Greek myth and the immigrant family sitcom—"Euripides meets Margaret Cho."
“Study of Two Figures (Agave / Pentheus)” can be found in Youn's collection “From From” (Graywolf, 2023), available here: www.graywolfpress.org/books/from-from

In Episode 10 of Multi-Verse, poet Niina Pollari reads and discusses “How to Read This Poem.” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Pollari talks about what it means to be honest in a poem about grief.
“How to Read This Poem” can be found in Pollari's collection “Path of Totality” (Soft Skull, 2022), available here: softskull.com/books/path-of-totality/
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In Episode 9 of Multi-Verse, poet J. Mae Barizo reads and discusses her poem “Sunday Women on Malcolm X Boulevard.” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Barizo explores the rhythms of the body, wildfires near and far, and the intimate power of the couplet.
“Sunday Women on Malcolm X Boulevard” is part of J. Mae Barizo’s second poetry collection, Tender Machines, published in May 2023 with Tupelo Press.
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In Episode 8 of Multi-Verse, poet India Lena González reads and discusses her poem “ACT ! pose with fingers as though cigarette (puff puff).” In a conversation with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham, González explores writing as choreography, the politics of casting, and the exhilaration and exhaustion of performance.
“ACT ! pose with fingers as though cigarette (puff puff)” is part of India Lena González’s debut manuscript, fox woman get out!, which publishes in September 2023 with BOA Editions.
An early version of the poem can also be found in the Brooklyn Review: www.bkreview.org/poetry/act-pose-…a-lena-gonzalez/
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