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Fry
Pamela Medland reads her poem “Fry” published in Portal 2024.
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Tempest
Laurent Lemay reads his poem “Tempest” published in Portal 2024.
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Compound
Elke Sorenson reads her poem “Compound” published in Portal 2024.
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Please Don’t Touch Me
Taylor Fleming reads her poem “Please Don’t Touch Me” published in Portal 2024.
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Start Here
Claire Gordon reads her poem “Start Here” published in Portal 2024.
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Field Notes
Claire Gordon reads her poem “Field Notes” published in Portal 2024.
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Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We’re Dead
Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We’re Dead selects poems from Catherine Graham’s works published over the last 20 years--Pupa (2003), The Red Element (2008), Winterkill (2010), Her Red Hair Rises with The Wings of Insects (2013), and The Celery Forest (2017)—and places them chronologically after new poems that open the collection for a total of six sections in the book
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The Devil Every Day
John Nyman’s A Devil Every Day is a holy trinity—verse, rhythm, and form—compiled into a diabolical 3-part collection of poetry that examines classical Christianity through a modern lens: Becoming, Becoming Evil, and Praise God. Topics range from houseplants to dreams, government to whiteness, divinity to hellish incantations.
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Portfolio – Délani Valin
Portal's reading series is back for fall 2023! Join us in the attic where keynote speaker Délani Valin will read from her debut poetry collection, Shapeshifters.
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Portfolio – Tawahum Bige
Join us in the attic for our 2023 Portfolio Series—our next event features Two Spirit author Tawahum Bige, who will be reading poetry from their debut collection, Cut to Fortress.
