Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast

Book of Potions by Lauren K. Watel by Poets & Writers

Black Mestiza by Yael Valencia Aldana by Poets & Writers

This Here Is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry by Poets & Writers

The Book of Kin by Jennifer Eli Bowen by Poets & Writers

On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Vishwas R. Gaitonde by Poets & Writers

The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza by Poets & Writers

Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi by Poets & Writers

We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat by Poets & Writers

This Is Your Mother by Erika J. Simpson by Poets & Writers

Second Life by Amanda Hess by Poets & Writers

Chloé Caldwell reads an excerpt from her memoir Trying, published by Graywolf Press in August 2025.

Isabella DeSendi reads “Poem for Anorexia in April” from her poetry collection Someone Else’s Hunger, published by Four Way Books in September 2025.

Souvankham Thammavongsa reads from the opening of her novel Pick a Color, published by Little, Brown in September 2025.

Natalie Bakopoulos reads an excerpt from her novel Archipelago, published by Tin House Books in September 2025.

Aracelis Girmay reads “after Sin título (Sikán con chivo), Belkis Ayón” from her poetry collection Green of All Heads, published by BOA Editions in September 2025.

Ayşegül Savaş reads an excerpt from “Twirl,” a story in her collection Long Distance, published by Bloomsbury in July 2025.

James Shea reads four poems from his collection Last Day of My Face, published by the University of Iowa Press in June 2025.

Melissa Febos reads an excerpt of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, published by Knopf in June 2025.

Marissa Davis reads “Ecclesiastes: New Madrid Fault” from her debut poetry collection, End of Empire, published by Penguin Books in July 2025.

Ed Park reads “A Note to My Translator” from his story collection An Oral History of Atlantis, published by Random House in July 2025.