Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast

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.

Mira Ptacin reads from her memoir The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna, published in October by Liveright.

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

Erou by Maya Phillips by Poets & Writers

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

Audio excerpted courtesy Penguin Random House Audio from A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar, narrated by Sophie Amoss.

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.

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

Ed Bok Lee reads a poem from his new collection, Mitochondrial Night, published in March by Coffee House Press.

Jimmy Santiago Baca reads an excerpt of a story from his new collection, When I Walk Through That Door, I Am: An Immigrant Mother’s Quest for Freedom, published in February by Beacon Press.

Debra Gwartney reads an excerpt from her memoir I Am a Stranger Here Myself, published in March by University of New Mexico Press.

Marlon James reads from Black Leopard, Red Wolf; Ilya Kaminsky reads from Deaf Republic; Valeria Luiselli reads from Lost Children Archive; and more.

Ross Gay reads from The Book of Delights; debut poets Justin Phillip Reed, Fatimah Asghar, José Olivarez, and Analicia Sotelo read from their collections; Cowboy Poetry; and more.

Susan Orlean reads from her new book, The Library Book; Barbara Kingsolver in conversation with Richard Powers; Natasha Trethewey reads from her new poetry collection, Monument.

Ada Limón reads from her new poetry collection, The Carrying; Rebecca Solnit reads from her new essay collection, Call Them by Their True Names.

Lauren Groff reads from her new book, Florida; Terrance Hayes reads from American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin; plus readings by Hanif Abdurraqib and A. M. Homes.

Leslie Jamison reads from her new book, The Recovering; Leesa Cross-Smith on writing quiet books; new poetry by Carmen Giménez Smith and Jenny Xie.

Two archival poems by Langston Hughes; a craft essay on fiction and technology by Tayari Jones; and poetry readings by Tarfia Faizullah, David Tomas Martinez, and 2017 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud champion Amos Koffa.