Multimedia - Audio

Kevin Coval reads “Rudy” and “Everything Must Go” from his poetry collection Everything Must Go, illustrated by Langston Allston and published in October by Haymarket Books.

Tiffany Midge reads “An Open Letter to White Girls Regarding Pumpkin Spice and Cultural Appropriation,” from her memoir, Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s, published in October by Bison Books.

Benjamin Percy reads an excerpt from “The Cold Boy” from his short story collection Suicide Woods, published in October by Graywolf Press.

Matthew Zapruder reads from his new poetry collection, Father’s Day, published in September by Copper Canyon Press.

Maya Phillips reads from her debut poetry collection, Erou, published in September by Four Way Books.

Leslie Jamison reads from her new essay collection, Make It Scream, Make It Burn, published in September by Little, Brown.

t’ai freedom ford reads from her new poetry collection, & more black, published in July by Augury Books.

Nicole Dennis-Benn reads from her novel Patsy, published in June by Liveright.

Courtney Maum reads from her novel Costalegre, published in July by Tin House Books.

Karen Russell reads an excerpt from her new story collection, Orange World, published by Knopf in May. 

Jericho Brown reads a poem from his new collection, The Tradition, published this month by Copper Canyon Press.

The Bookshop Band’s “Once Upon a Time,” a song composed of first lines from books. Used by permission of the Bookshop Band.

Paisley Rekdal reads two poems from her sixth poetry collection, Nightingale, out in May from Copper Canyon Press. Rekdal is the subject of a profile, “Shadow Narratives” by Renée H. Shea, in the May/June 2019 issue.

Helen Oyeyemi reads from her new novel, Gingerbread, published in March by Riverhead Books. Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio.

Ilya Kaminsky reads three poems from Deaf Republic, published in March 2019 by Graywolf Press. pro_greenwell.jpg Read “Still Dancing: An Interview With Ilya Kaminsky” by Garth Greenwell in the March/April...

Valeria Luiselli reads a section from her new novel, Lost Children Archive, published in February by Knopf. Audio excerpted courtesy Penguin Random House Audio from Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, read by the author,...

Marlon James reads from the first novel in his Dark Star Trilogy, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, published in February by Riverhead Books. pro_jones.jpg Read “Shape-Shifter: A Profile of Marlon James” by Kima...

Maurice Carlos Ruffin reads from his debut novel, We Cast a Shadow, published in January by One World.