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Translator Priscilla Layne reads from the first section of Olivia Wenzel’s novel, 1,000 Coils of Fear, published in July 2022 by Catapult. Wenzel follows with a reading of the same selection in German.

Ryann Stevenson reads the poems “Interior Life” and “Beauty Mask” from her collection, Human Resources, published in June 2022 by Milkweed Editions.

K-Ming Chang reads from the short story “Mariela” from her collection, Gods of Want, published in July 2022 by One World.

Joseph Han reads from the first chapter of his novel, Nuclear Family, published in June 2022 by Counterpoint.

Isaac Fitzgerald reads from the second chapter of his memoir, Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional, published in July 2022 by Bloomsbury.

Katie Marya reads the poem “Exaltation” from her collection, Sugar Work, published in June 2022 by Alice James Books.

Lars Horn reads from “What Manner of Land” from their nonfiction book, Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay, published in June 2022 by Graywolf Press.

Mahogany L. Browne reads from her introduction to Wanda Coleman’s poetry collection Heart First Into This Ruin: The Complete American Sonnets—published in June 2022 by Black Sparrow Press—and Coleman’s “American Sonnet 4” and “American Sonnet 3.”

Chinelo Okparanta reads from the third chapter of her novel Harry Sylvester Bird, published in July 2022 by Mariner Books.

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