From Collective Isolation

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We’re presenting some of our favorite poets from the last few years of the series online, reading recent work that speaks to our current moment of isolation.

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Ava Koohbor
Farnoosh Fathi
James Cagney
Sara Wintz

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From Collective Isolation: Sara Wintz

Sara Wintz reads “Buddy.”
From Collective Isolation: James Cagney

James Cagney reads “The Ending of Things” and “Compliance.”
From Collective Isolation: Ava Koohbor

Ava Koohbor reads “Time Recycled.”
From Collective Isolation: Farnoosh Fathi

Farnoosh Fathi reads “Morning Poem (Undie Popovers).”
From Collective Isolation: MK Chavez

MK Chavez reads “The Great Mother.”
From Collective Isolation: Tongo Eisen-Martin

Tongo Eisen-Martin reads “I Do Not Know the Spelling of Money” and “The Chicago Prairie Fire.”
From Collective Isolation: Raina León

Raina León reads “For Aurélia on the 16th day of self-isolation, March 28, 2020.”
From Collective Isolation: Michal “MJ” Jones

Michal “MJ” Jones reads “Gone” and “Unnamed.”
From Collective Isolation: Maw Shein Win

Maw Shein Win reads “Quiver, fern,” “Stranger,” “The Parlors,” and “The Soft Part of the Brain.”
From Collective Isolation: Sunnylyn Thibodeaux

Sunnylyn Thibodeaux reads “Notes from the Fire Escape.”

From Collective Isolation

Poetry in Response to the Pandemic

Ongoing

While the COVID-19 pandemic has put BAMPFA’s long-running poetry reading series on hold, we’re presenting some of our favorite poets from the last few years of the series online, reading recent work that speaks to our current moment of isolation.

From Collective Isolation

Ongoing

Past Films

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