BROADCASTS.com

b'

Sara Borjas introduces poems that focus on the connections between a particular, collective \\u2018us\\u2019\\u2014people connected by lineage or language, by place, or by the acts of writing and reading. She shares Layli Long Soldier\\u2019s exploration of wholeness and mother-daughter relationships (\\u201cWHEREAS her birth signaled\\u2026\\u201d), Juan Felipe Herrera\\u2019s centering of people and complexity (\\u201cLet Us Gather in a Flourishing Way\\u201d), and Richard Siken\\u2019s breaking of the fourth wall to implicate the reader (\\u201cPlanet of Love\\u201d). To close, Borjas reads her poem \\u201cNarcissus Complicates an Old Plot,\\u201d a celebration of mothers and daughters, language, and community rooted in place.

Watch the full recordings of Long Soldier, Herrera, and Siken reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:
Layli Long Soldier (2017)
Juan Felipe Herrera (2009)
Richard Siken (2002)

Transcripts for each episode are available here. Click on the episode title, then click on the transcript tab at the bottom of the player. Poems are transcribed as read and do not represent the published work.