Gather in Poems 2022 featured these readers sharing some of their favorite poems in the spirit of community and connection:
Jennifer Benka reads “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo.
Tracy K. Smith reads “from The Black Maria” by Aracelis Girmay.
David St. John reads "Dusting" by Marilyn Nelson and "Sampling" by Ralph Angel.
Hanif Abdurraqib reads “Spilled Sugar” by Thylias Moss.
Sasha Pimentel reads “Amphibious” by Aimee Suzara and “Aubade at the City of Change” by Aldo Amparán.
TC Tolbert reads “Cento Between the Ending and the End” by Cameron Awkward-Rich.
Dorianne Laux reads “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson.
Marie Howe reads “Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks” by Jane Kenyon.
Lloyd Schwartz reads “The Day Lady Died” by Frank O’Hara.
Marilyn Nelson reads “In the Company of Women” by January Gill O’Neil.
Juan Felipe Herrera reads “The Idea of Ancestry” by Etheridge Knight.
Natasha Trethewey reads “Thanks” by Yusef Komunyakaa.
Sumita Chakraborty reads “Offering” by Donika Kelly.
Mai Der Vang reads “Map” by Linda Hogan.
Tina Chang reads “The Chance” by Arthur Sze.