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February 16, 2023

After the Fire

Written and read by Ada Limón

February 16, 2023

A New National Anthem

Written and read by Ada Limón

… I wanted to be that free inside the body, the doors of pleasure opening, one after the next, an arpeggio climbing the ladder of sky … Danusha Laméris

December 16, 2022

Bonfire Opera

Written by Danusha Laméris

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… Rare one, you reveal the pleasure of wisdom and practice … Rumi

December 12, 2022

You wake the dead to life

Written by Rumi and Haleh Liza Gafori

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

December 9, 2022

I Feel Sorry for Jesus

Written by Naomi Shihab Nye

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

“Not quiet as in quiet but,” … as in placid / as in placated / as in nuanced / complicated / … Victoria Adukwei Bulley

December 5, 2022

not quiet as in quiet but

Written by Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

“it looks like the thief rocketed their whole self through the bull’s eye of my driver’s side door …” Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley

December 2, 2022

small talk or in my hand galaxies

Written by Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

... Let us praise the immigrant … Dan Vera

November 28, 2022

Norse Saga

Written by Dan Vera

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… Have you finally stopped shoulding all over yourself? … Solmaz Sharif

November 25, 2022

Self-Care

Written by Solmaz Sharif

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… A woman nearly ninety, so beautiful, her shadow a swan, a goddess who found her lost universe in the last minute … Dunya Mikhail

November 21, 2022

Eva Whose Shadow Is a Swan

Written by Dunya Mikhail

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… I hover close behind, ready with an outstretched arm as if to give a blessing … Aaron Caycedo-Kimura

November 18, 2022

What’s Kept Alive

Written by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… we pause Swiping back The grime-slicked hair Then bending To our Ash-dark art … Kevin Goodan

November 14, 2022

We give…

Written by Kevin Goodan

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… someone from deep inside you had come out into the sea-light to raise its hands and forgive everyone in your short life you thought you hadn’t … David Whyte

November 11, 2022

Leaving the Island

Written by David Whyte

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

November 10, 2022

In The Nursing Home

… Grandfather asks me my thoughts of the land, so, I ask him if this is where we come from: Sí mijo, half of you is from this desert … Andrés N. Ordorica

November 7, 2022

Mis raíces

Written by Andrés N. Ordorica

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… I mother them the way I do anyone I love they ask if I love myself I tug the sleeves of my sweater … Laura Villareal

November 4, 2022

My Worries Have Worries

Written by Laura Villareal

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… Someone will probably love you for who you are, not just for who you labor to be …

October 31, 2022

Prayer for Werewolves

Written by Stephanie Burt

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

… Because you twirl your antennae gracefully to test your crawl space. Because strokingly you caress your offsprings’ backs, and gentle them with pretty pheromones and chirps … Fiona Benson

October 28, 2022

Mama Cockroach, I Love You

Written by Fiona Benson

Read by Pádraig Ó Tuama

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