Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast

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The Coin by Yasmin Zaher by Poets & Writers

Wei Tchou reads “Spores,” the third chapter of her memoir, Little Seed, published by A Strange Object in May 2024.

Rachel Khong reads from the opening of her novel Real Americans, published by Knopf in April 2024.

Peter Mishler reads “A Message From Our Founder” and “Where Else but Target” from his poetry collection Children in Tactical Gear, published by the University of Iowa Press in May 2024.

Lilly Dancyger reads from “First Love,” the opening essay of her collection, First Love: Essays on Friendship, published by the Dial Press in May 2024.

Diannely Antigua reads “Diary Entry #28: Ars Poetica” and “We Never Stop Talking About Our Mothers” from her poetry collection Good Monster, published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2024.

Tommy Orange reads from “How to Fly,” the thirteenth chapter of his novel Wandering Stars, published by Knopf in February 2024.

Sarah Levine reads “Brave,” “Bang-Bang,” and “A Horse is a Toy for Crazy People” from her poetry collection, Each Knuckle With Sugar, published by Driftwood Press in February 2024.

Jennifer Croft reads from the first chapter of her novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey, published by Bloomsbury in March 2024.

Hala Alyan reads “Tonight I’ll Dream of Nadia” from her poetry collection The Moon That Turns You Back, published by Ecco in March 2024.

Morgan Parker reads from the opening of her essay collection, You Get What You Pay For, published by One World in March 2024.

Diana Khoi Nguyen reads “Đổi Mới” from her poetry collection Root Fractures, published by Scribner in January 2024.

Manjula Martin reads from the opening of her memoir, The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History, published by Pantheon Books in January 2024.

Elizabeth Gonzalez James reads from the prologue of her novel The Bullet Swallower, published by Simon & Schuster in January 2024.

Zenia Tompkins reads from “The Two Antons” from her English translation of Artem Chapeye’s story collection, The Ukraine, published by Seven Stories Press in January 2024. Chapeye follows with a reading of the same selection in Ukrainian.

Kaveh Akbar reads from the opening of his novel, Martyr!, published by Knopf in January 2024.

Master by Simon Shieh by Poets & Writers

To Be Named Something Else by Shaina Phenix by Poets & Writers