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- Beloved
Written by Luke Hankins
Read by Masie Cochran
Published on June 28, 2017
- “Well, John and Henry were the most common names for freed slaves, so if there was a record of him, it wouldn’t mean that he was the John Henry”
Written by Jason McCall
Read by Kim Bridgford
Published on March 31, 2017
- In the Room of the Overdosed, an Ember
Written by William Brewer
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on March 22, 2017
- Ink
Written by Melissa Cundieff-Pexa
Read by Trey Moody
Published on December 15, 2016
- Near a Definition
Written by Ryann Stevenson
Read by Ben Purkert
Published on November 1, 2016
- Abe Vigoda Dies At 94 (Not a Hoax) — Orlando Sentinel
Written by Dorianne Laux
Read by Erika Carter
Published on September 22, 2016
- Dysthymia: Stagnant Traffic
Written by Cate Lycurgus
Read by J.P. Grasser
Published on September 14, 2016
- My Son’s an All-Star Speller
Written by Maceo J. Whitaker
Read by Aran Donovan
Published on September 6, 2016
- Style
Written by D. Nurkse
Read by Nomi Stone
Published on August 30, 2016
- Elegy: An Email
Written by Brian Spears
Read by Matt Daly
Published on July 19, 2016
- The Day After Christmas
Written by Elisa Gabbert
Read by Elizabeth Weaver
Published on July 12, 2016
- Stitches
Written by Maggie Smith
Read by Emily Rose Cole
Published on July 1, 2016
- Storm Warnings
Written by J.P. Grasser
Read by Saara Myrene Raappana
Published on June 23, 2016
- The Wolf in the Trailer
Written by Saara Myrene Raappana
Read by Scott Beal
Published on June 14, 2016
- The Fight
Written by Kaveh Akbar
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on March 30, 2016
- The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Written by John Poch
Read by Terry Allen
Published on February 17, 2016
- Offerings
Written by Chloe Honum
Read by J. Camp Brown
Published on February 11, 2016
- The Path Back Barely Findable
Written by Sarah Gridley
Read by Jennifer K. Sweeney
Published on January 27, 2016
- Homologue
Written by Laura Bylenok
Read by Andrew Shields
Published on January 20, 2016
- Corn Fires
Written by Kai Carlson-Wee
Read by Molly Bess Rector
Published on January 13, 2016
- Description for Police
Written by Sam Sax
Read by Richie Hofmann
Published on January 5, 2016
- Miss Nebraska Dissects a Shark for Science Education
Written by Kelle Groom
Read by M.D. Myers
Published on December 15, 2015
- Self-Portrait in Needmore, Indiana
Written by Rochelle Hurt
Read by Katie Nichol
Published on December 8, 2015
- Explain: Wolves
Written by Joe Wilkins
Read by Geoffrey Brock
Published on December 1, 2015
- My Whole World
Written by Scott Beal
Read by Matthew Henriksen
Published on November 24, 2015
- Family Tree
Written by Adam Clay
Read by Olivia Sears
Published on November 17, 2015
- Against Aristophanes
Written by Jacques Rancourt
Read by Mary Angelino
Published on November 10, 2015
- The Coming World
Written by Megan Peak
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on November 3, 2015
- Rules for a Body Coming Out of the Water
Written by Emily Skaja
Read by Miller Oberman
Published on October 20, 2015
- Testimony (Eclipse)
Written by Peter LaBerge
Read by Michelle Meier
Published on October 13, 2015
- Speak-House
Written by Carolina Ebeid
Read by Corrie Williamson
Published on October 6, 2015
- Hymn to Distance
Written by Corrie Williamson
Read by Ryann Stevenson
Published on September 29, 2015
- The Drowned
Written by Al Maginnes
Read by Penelope Pelizzon
Published on September 22, 2015
- Muslim Christmas
Written by Leila Chatti
Read by Elizabeth Onusko
Published on September 15, 2015
- Medusa Aubade
Written by J. P. Dancing Bear
Read by Jay Deshpande
Published on September 8, 2015
- A Woman Unknowingly Joins a Search Party for Herself
Written by Martin Ott
Read by Charlotte Pence
Published on September 1, 2015
- If/Then: Researching Self-Validation in the Bowling Alley
Written by Lucia LoTempio
Read by Cate Lycurgus
Published on August 25, 2015
- Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man
Written by David Hernandez
Read by Matthew Guenette
Published on August 18, 2015
- A Dark System
Written by D. Nurkse
Read by T.R. Hummer
Published on August 11, 2015
- Internal Radiation: Round 2
Written by Kristene Brown
Read by C. Dale Young
Published on August 4, 2015
- [Palestine, the metaphor, says to me]
Written by Carolina Ebeid
Read by Kara Candito
Published on July 28, 2015
- Hanoi Sundays
Written by Kelly Morse
Read by Ted Jean
Published on July 21, 2015
- Entrance to the Underworld
Written by Gary L. McDowell
Read by Maceo Whitaker
Published on July 14, 2015
- Horses Dream of Horses
Written by Nancy Reddy
Read by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Published on July 7, 2015
- On Speaker
Written by David Hernandez
Read by Daniel Hefko
Published on June 30, 2015
- Eschaton
Written by J. Scott Brownlee
Read by Kimberly Ann Southwick
Published on June 23, 2015
- The Neighborhood Girls Fall for the WKBN Meteorologist
Written by Allison Pitinii Davis
Read by Emilia Phillips
Published on June 16, 2015
- Every Great Novel Ends in Sleep
Written by D. Nurkse
Read by Sandra Beasley
Published on June 9, 2015
- Joni Mitchell Is Not Unconscious!
Written by Michelle Bitting
Read by Matthew Dickman
Published on June 2, 2015
- Midwife
Written by Claudia Emerson
Read by Betty Adcock
Published on May 26, 2015
- So I guess it won’t be a bullet
Written by Danez Smith
Read by Phillip B. Williams
Published on May 19, 2015
- The Dark Woods
Written by Matthew Buckley Smith
Read by Joshua Robbins
Published on May 12, 2015
- Greatly Be Gentle
Written by Phillip B. Williams
Read by Matthew Nienow
Published on May 5, 2015
- No System for Grief
Written by Kimberly Grey
Read by Claudia Cortese
Published on April 28, 2015
- Scattering
Written by Nicole Rollender
Read by Matthew Henriksen
Published on April 21, 2015
- Almost Refrain
Written by Meg Wade
Read by Hila Ratzabi
Published on April 7, 2015
- If Wings Neither Waxed Nor Waned
Written by Gillian Cummings
Read by MeLaina Elise Ramos
Published on March 31, 2015
- Canopic
Written by MeLaina Elise Ramos
Read by Matt Morton
Published on March 24, 2015
- Sonnet with Angels Watching Soccer
Written by Matt Morton
Read by Shelley Wong
Published on March 17, 2015
- The jellyfish
Written by Shelley Wong
Read by David Welch
Published on March 12, 2015
- Liminal Summer, 11
Written by Nora Hickey
Read by Danielle Sellers
Published on March 3, 2015
- Self-Portrait as Koudelka’s Untitled (1963)
Written by Cintia Santana
Read by Jen Jabaily-Blackburn
Published on February 24, 2015
- Aubade with Fireproof Matches
Written by Amber Rambharose
Read by Lauren Camp
Published on February 17, 2015
- My Anti-Psychotic Has a Class Action Lawsuit Against It
Written by Benjamin Goldberg
Read by Tory Adkisson
Published on February 10, 2015
- Faith in Love and Quantum Physics
Written by Brittney Scott
Read by Tarfia Faizullah
Published on February 3, 2015
- Story in Which I Am Renamed Saint
Written by Anna Rose Welch
Read by J. Camp Brown
Published on January 27, 2015
- Segue Gauze
Written by Terrell Jamal Terry
Read by Gary L. McDowell
Published on January 20, 2015
- Letter from the North
Written by Hila Ratzabi
Read by Adam Clay
Published on January 13, 2015
- Initial Descent
Written by Elizabeth Onusko
Read by Lisa Fay Coutley
Published on January 6, 2015
- Kitchen Envy
Written by Susan Rich
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on December 30, 2014
- Letter to the Horse You Rode In On
Written by Matthew Olzmann
Read by Claudia Cortese
Published on December 23, 2014
- Two Sisters
Written by Karen Skolfield
Read by Gary L. McDowell
Published on December 16, 2014
- Newlyweds at the Antique Shop
Written by Ashley Anna McHugh
Read by Maryann Corbett
Published on December 9, 2014
- The Goddess Left Behind
Written by Vandana Khanna
Read by Rebecca Hazelton
Published on December 2, 2014
- from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Written by Brandon Courtney
Read by Andrea Witzke Slot
Published on November 25, 2014
- Witness
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by Emilia Phillips
Published on November 18, 2014
- Ode to Men of the Service Industry
Written by Christine Gosnay
Read by Michael Bazzett
Published on November 11, 2014
- The Woods
Written by Michael Bazzett
Read by Susan Rich
Published on November 4, 2014
- Nympho
Written by Rachel Mennies
Read by Sophie Klahr
Published on October 28, 2014
- Desiderata
Written by Corey Van Landingham
Read by Jehanne Dubrow
Published on October 21, 2014
- Kitchen Ode
Written by Claire Hellar
Read by Carolyn Guinzio
Published on October 14, 2014
- Whitewash Prevail
Written by Meredith McDonough
Read by Nick McRae
Published on October 7, 2014
- The Somnambulist
Written by Jennifer K. Sweeney
Read by Michelle Menting
Published on September 30, 2014
- Rifle
Written by Nick McRae
Read by T.J. Jarrett
Published on September 23, 2014
- Letter to Body Made Water
Written by Carly Joy Miller
Read by Sandy Longhorn
Published on September 16, 2014
- Ghost in the Machine
Written by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins
Read by Michelle Bitting
Published on September 9, 2014
- Only You, My Husband as Smokey the Bear
Written by Lauren Jensen
Read by Jenny Sadre-Orafai
Published on September 2, 2014
- It was the Nightingale and not the Lark
Written by Sophie Klahr
Read by Trista Edwards
Published on August 26, 2014
- Apologia Litania
Written by John Fenlon Hogan
Read by Carolina Ebeid
Published on August 19, 2014
- The Morning of Your 35th Birthday
Written by Jenny Sadre-Orafai
Read by Dan O'Brien
Published on August 12, 2014
- Clausen’s Dog
Written by Anders Carlson-Wee
Read by Mary Angelino
Published on August 5, 2014
- Water Burial
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by Lisa Olstein
Published on July 29, 2014
- Ready Regret
Written by Lisa Olstein
Read by Katrina Vandenberg
Published on July 22, 2014
- Rondel With Moles And Mountain
Written by Paul Nemser
Read by Joshua Robbins
Published on July 15, 2014
- Liquid Italy
Written by John Poch
Read by Geoffrey Brock
Published on July 8, 2014
- How Many Which Other
Written by Shane McCrae
Read by Martin Corliss-Smith
Published on July 1, 2014
- Eddie Vedder
Written by Noah Siela
Read by Bess Whitby
Published on June 24, 2014
- Governor of the Incurables
Written by Taryn Schwilling
Read by John Poch
Published on June 17, 2014
- My Amaryllis
Written by Martha Silano
Read by James Everett
Published on June 10, 2014
- What the Death of the Phone Booth Means to Me
Written by Jeffrey Morgan
Read by Brandon Courtney
Published on June 3, 2014
- 52 Hertz
Written by Corrie Williamson
Read by Joshua Camp Brown
Published on May 27, 2014
- I Don’t Believe in Ghosts
Written by Bill Neumire
Read by Heather Christle
Published on May 20, 2014
- Muse
Written by Aran Donovan
Read by Nicholas Claro
Published on May 13, 2014
- In the Room Where We Are Human
Written by Rebecca Hazelton
Read by Jeffrey Morgan
Published on May 6, 2014
- Two Poems
Written by Corey Van Landingham
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on October 22, 2013
- Toward You
Written by Corinna Rosendahl
Read by Henry Finch
Published on June 18, 2013
- Universal Principles
Written by Stephanie Cawley
Read by Phillip Williams
Published on June 4, 2013
- Discharge
Written by Andrew Nance
Read by Tory Adkisson
Published on May 28, 2013
- A Conservatory for Wolves
Written by Abigail Perkins Browning
Read by Brandon Courtney
Published on May 21, 2013
- Central Anatolia
Written by Lea Marshall
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on May 15, 2013
- Little Seismic
Written by Rebekah Remington
Read by Michael Shewmaker
Published on April 24, 2013
- Elegy for an Approaching End
Written by Erin L. Miller
Read by Barbara Barg
Published on April 9, 2013
- This Body of Water Is Not Meant to Move
Written by Jane Wong
Read by Matthew Minicucci
Published on April 3, 2013
- The Perfectionist
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by M.E. Hope
Published on March 26, 2013
- The Poet Hears the Voice of the War Reporter
Written by Dan O'Brien
Read by Kelli Russell Agodon
Published on March 21, 2013
- Prairie Song with Jack Palance
Written by Jay Deshpande
Read by Eireann Lorsung
Published on March 12, 2013
- Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo
Written by Shelley Wong
Read by Christopher Eaton
Published on March 5, 2013
- Conversation with the Stone Wife
Written by Natalie Eilbert
Read by Michael Marberry
Published on February 26, 2013
- Because
Written by Michelle Bitting
Read by Sara Nicholson
Published on February 19, 2013
- Off the Grid
Written by John Poch
Read by Kara van de Graaf
Published on February 12, 2013
- Dream With Water Beneath The Floorboards
Written by Kara van de Graaf
Read by Ada Limón
Published on January 29, 2013
- Epithalamium
Written by Lisa Hiton
Read by John Myers
Published on January 22, 2013
- Phaeton
Written by Christopher Lee Miles
Read by Cynthia Atkins
Published on January 15, 2013
- This Could All Be Yours
Written by Meghan Privitello
Read by Kimberly Grey
Published on January 10, 2013
- Stratum (Entente)
Written by Emilia Phillips
Read by Patty Paine
Published on December 26, 2012
- Hymnal
Written by Hafizah Geter
Read by Ruth Williams
Published on December 18, 2012
- Aquaman Thinks of His Youth
Written by Casey Thayer
Read by Matthew Guenette
Published on December 11, 2012
- Unfurling
Written by Angela Voras-Hills
Read by David Welch
Published on December 4, 2012
- The Centurion Divulges More
Written by John Fenlon Hogan
Read by Ken Taylor
Published on November 21, 2012
- When I Cannot Sleep–Day Six–a Letter
Written by Justin Boening
Read by Seth Abramson
Published on November 15, 2012
- Poem Addressed to Prayer
Written by Alex Chertok
Read by Mary Biddinger
Published on November 6, 2012
- Chronic Fatigue And Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
Written by Gary L. McDowell
Read by Jeff Newberry
Published on October 30, 2012
- Conditional Dreaming
Written by Kimberly Grey
Read by Meghan Privitello
Published on October 24, 2012
- Snow Day
Written by Lauren Camp
Read by Lea Marshall
Published on October 16, 2012
- When I Wrote It Down, I Wrote It Down Dirty
Written by Jameson Fitzpatrick
Read by Alex Dimitrov
Published on October 9, 2012
- [When a man loves a woman, he is asked: Soup or salad]
Written by Kyle McCord
Read by Joshua Robbins
Published on October 2, 2012
- Absence
Written by Joe Wilkins
Read by Gary L. McDowell
Published on September 25, 2012
- Whitman at Armory Square
Written by M.C. Allan
Read by Jason McCall
Published on September 18, 2012
- My Son Asks
Written by Sally Rosen Kindred
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on September 13, 2012
- Where Voices Come From
Written by Ted Meyer
Read by Ashley McWaters
Published on August 30, 2012
- Home Wrecker
Written by Ocean Vuong
Read by Lisa Rosinsky
Published on August 21, 2012
- Father is the Factory
Written by Bill Neumire
Read by Lea Marshall
Published on August 14, 2012
- Bruegel
Written by Paul Carroll
Read by Ty Kessinger
Published on August 7, 2012
- Any Ordinary Hell
Written by Brittany Cavallaro
Read by Lea Marshall
Published on August 1, 2012
- The Mail Order Bride Abides
Written by Molly Spencer
Read by Emilia Phillips
Published on July 24, 2012
- War Mask
Written by Ansel Elkins
Read by Brent Newsom
Published on July 17, 2012
- Baptism
Written by Dennis Hinrichsen
Read by Chelsea Woodard
Published on July 10, 2012
- No Ararat
Written by Rickey Laurentiis
Read by Alison Pelegrin
Published on July 3, 2012
- Fevers of a Minor Fire
Written by Sandy Longhorn
Read by Sandra Beasley
Published on June 26, 2012
- Bumper Crop
Written by Rachel Mennies
Read by Justin Evans
Published on June 19, 2012
- Uncut
Written by Austin MacRae
Read by David Shattuck
Published on June 14, 2012
- Dirge with Cutlery and Furs
Written by Sally Wen Mao
Read by George David Clark
Published on June 5, 2012
- Homophone
Written by Tory Adkisson
Read by Brittany Cavallaro
Published on May 29, 2012
- Youth Retreat
Written by Matt Sumpter
Read by Geoffrey Brock
Published on May 23, 2012
- Self-Portrait with Bullet Speeding Toward My Skull
Written by Nick McRae
Read by Kyle McCord
Published on May 15, 2012
- Night Arrival
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by Nick McRae
Published on May 8, 2012
- Artifact
Written by Frannie Lindsay
Read by Brian Simoneau
Published on May 1, 2012
- Complaint of the Phoenix
Written by Charles Jensen
Read by Jon Tribble
Published on April 24, 2012
- Reverie
Written by Kimberly Grey
Read by Gary McDowell
Published on April 17, 2012
- Inspection
Written by Anna Lowe Weber
Read by Michael Mlekoday
Published on April 9, 2012
- Metaphysical
Written by Michael McManus
Read by Martin Cockroft
Published on April 3, 2012
- Benito Mussolini’s School for Violin-Making
Written by Sarah Crossland
Read by Tory Adkisson
Published on March 27, 2012
- Two Bulls Fighting
Written by Rosanna Oh
Read by Diana Khoi Nguyen
Published on March 20, 2012
- The Bargaining Bed
Written by Austin Allen
Read by Angela Veronica Wong
Published on March 13, 2012
- Shipwreck
Written by Michelle Chan Brown
Read by Stephanie Rogers
Published on March 6, 2012
- Self Portrait as Blizzard
Written by Jennifer Yeatts
Read by Brent Goodman
Published on February 28, 2012
- Ode to Joy
Written by D.A. Powell
Read by Alex Dimitrov
Published on February 21, 2012
- In the Gardening Section of Home Depot
Written by Nathan McClain
Read by Brittany Willis
Published on February 14, 2012
- Book of Hours Ghazal
Written by Sarah J. Sloat
Read by Sally Rosen Kindred
Published on February 7, 2012
- Evening News
Written by Chloe Honum
Read by Laura-Eve Engel
Published on February 2, 2012
- Jahrzeit
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by Brian Spears
Published on January 24, 2012
- On Turning Thirty-One
Written by Gary L. McDowell
Read by Toby Altman
Published on January 17, 2012
- The Mail Order Bride Attempts a Letter Home
Written by Molly Spencer
Read by Sandra Beasley
Published on January 10, 2012
- Digging In
Written by Donna Vorreyer
Read by Natalie Giarratano
Published on January 3, 2012
- The Author as Man Who Watches the Funeral Procession of Cocooned Bodies from His Second Story Apartment Window in Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Written by Keith Montesano
Read by Carolyn Guinzio
Published on December 27, 2011
- To Hamnet Shakespeare
Written by Austin Allen
Read by Angela Vogel
Published on December 20, 2011
- The Secret of Rivers
Written by John Poch
Read by Kimberly Grey
Published on December 14, 2011
- Schnauzer
Written by David Yezzi
Read by Aran Donovan
Published on November 30, 2011
- This Friday
Written by Susan Browne
Read by Jack Heflin
Published on November 22, 2011
- First Station
Written by Alice Bolin
Read by Christeene Alcosiba
Published on November 15, 2011
- Telegram
Written by Amy MacLennan
Read by Carolyn Guinzio
Published on November 8, 2011
- Too Poetic
Written by Susan Browne
Read by Anna M. Evans
Published on November 1, 2011
- To the Pig in a Bumblebee Costume
Written by Rachel Bunting
Read by Alison Pelegrin
Published on October 25, 2011
- [Though there’s no boat the rain]
Written by Simon Perchik
Read by Adam Day
Published on October 18, 2011
- Bad Daytime Movies
Written by Oliver de la Paz
Read by Sandy Longhorn
Published on October 11, 2011
- Photograph of Hilma Burt’s Mirrored Ballroom, 1907
Written by Amanda Auchter
Read by Matthew Nienow
Published on October 4, 2011
- The Philosophy of Space-Age Plastics
Written by Andrew Kozma
Read by Jennifer Abbott
Published on September 27, 2011
- Ubi Sunt for the Dry Hump
Written by Patrick Whitfill
Read by Rachel Mennies
Published on September 20, 2011
- Police Report
Written by Hannah Craig
Read by David Welch
Published on September 13, 2011
- The Colossus
Written by Traci Brimhall
Read by Sandra Beasley
Published on September 6, 2011
- The Diary of Capt. John W. Froude ca. 1891
Written by Matthew Battles
Read by Laura-Eve Engel
Published on August 30, 2011
- In Case of Emergency Open Your Eyes
Written by Wendy Xu
Read by Luke Johnson
Published on August 23, 2011
- Triolet for a Bad Obsession
Written by Peter Kline
Read by Danielle Sellers
Published on August 16, 2011
- Willow Creek
Written by John Savoie
Read by Traci Brimhall
Published on August 9, 2011
- Old Icarus
Written by Colin Pope
Read by Bethany Tyler Lee
Published on August 2, 2011
- The Man With a Shirt of Fire
Written by Charles Rafferty
Read by Ada Limón
Published on July 26, 2011
- The Sirens
Written by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
Read by Nicholas Claro
Published on July 19, 2011
- The Bat
Written by Marie Gauthier
Read by Randall Mann
Published on July 12, 2011
- Months after the Mt. Cashmere Wildfire, with Meteors
Written by Luke Johnson
Read by Lisa Fay Coutley
Published on July 5, 2011
- Allegory of the Planetarium
Written by Stephen Harvey
Read by Maryann Corbett
Published on June 28, 2011
- First Gentile
Written by Rachel Mennies
Read by Nathan McClain
Published on June 21, 2011
- The Modified B Plan
Written by Adam Ford
Read by Katy Henriksen
Published on June 14, 2011
- My Mother’s Closet
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by Hannah Craig
Published on June 7, 2011
- Black Guitar
Written by Michelle Bitting
Read by Bruce Bond
Published on May 31, 2011
- Notebook: Early Pastoral
Written by Amanda Auchter
Read by Alison Pelegrin
Published on May 24, 2011
- To the Meerkat
Written by Sarah Giragosian
Read by J.P. Dancing Bear
Published on May 17, 2011
- Deer Bones
Written by Kai Carlson-Wee
Read by Matthew Nienow
Published on May 10, 2011
- Missive (2)
Written by Brittany Perham
Read by Rodney Wilhite
Published on May 3, 2011
- Supposed To
Written by Jim Tolan
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on April 26, 2011
- Janis Joplin’s Eulogy to the Graduating Class of Thomas Jefferson High in Port Arthur, Texas, 1960
Written by Chris Haven
Read by Mia
Published on April 19, 2011
- The Smoke
Written by Bruce Snider
Read by Van K. Brock
Published on April 12, 2011
- Rossiter
Written by Louisa Diodato
Read by Seth Abramson
Published on April 5, 2011
- To the Heart
Written by Bertha Rogers
Read by Sandy Longhorn
Published on March 29, 2011
- New Age
Written by J. P. Dancing Bear
Read by Lisa Fay Coutley
Published on March 22, 2011
- Virginity
Written by Katrina Vandenberg
Read by T.R. Hummer
Published on March 15, 2011
- Vanitas
Written by Richie Hofmann
Read by Jon Tribble
Published on March 8, 2011
- Flood Song
Written by Michael Marberry
Read by Ashley Anna McHugh
Published on March 1, 2011
- Lake Ouachita, Late Summer
Written by Corinna McClanahan Schroeder
Read by George David Clark
Published on February 22, 2011
- Why We No Longer Commute
Written by Christopher Salerno
Read by Rose Hunter
Published on February 15, 2011
- To Failure:
Written by Christopher Ankney
Read by Dave Bonta
Published on February 8, 2011
- Mission School, 1922: What She Remembered
Written by Joe Wilkins
Read by Phil Keeling
Published on February 1, 2011
- First Memory
Written by Ani Gjika
Read by Jason Gray
Published on January 25, 2011
- The Open House
Written by Matthew Smith
Read by Lauren Camp
Published on January 18, 2011
- Don’t Buck Love
Written by Scott Withiam
Read by Kimberly Grey
Published on January 11, 2011
- Two Funerals
Written by Maryann Corbett
Read by Brandon Courtney
Published on January 4, 2011
- Our Lady of the Electrical Substation
Written by Jeffrey Schultz
Read by Joshua Robbins
Published on December 28, 2010
- Leeches
Written by M.C. Allan
Read by Matt Henriksen
Published on December 21, 2010
- Inheritance
Written by Jim Tolan
Read by Aran Donovan
Published on December 14, 2010
- Comforting Philomela
Written by Joanna Pearson
Read by Keith Leonard
Published on December 7, 2010
- Modern Sentences
Written by Kimberly Grey
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on November 30, 2010
- When I Think of the End of the World Now
Written by James Crews
Read by Steve Kronen
Published on November 23, 2010
- Aboriginal
Written by Willie Lin
Read by Oliver de la Paz
Published on November 16, 2010
- Scrupulosity
Written by Dan O'Brien
Read by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Published on November 9, 2010
- Anniversary
Written by Evan Klavon
Read by Kerry Krouse
Published on November 2, 2010
- To the Last Taxonomist
Written by Michael Francis Rutherglen
Read by Melissa Dickson Blackburn
Published on October 26, 2010
- Isaac, After Mount Moriah
Written by Saeed Jones
Read by Katie Manning
Published on October 19, 2010
- Games
Written by Nancy Reddy
Read by Jennifer Jabaily Blackburn
Published on October 12, 2010
- Barn
Written by Amorak Huey
Read by Alexandra Teague
Published on October 5, 2010
- Parole
Written by Ryan J. Browne
Read by Hannah Craig
Published on September 28, 2010
- Tuesday Night at the Illinois State Fair
Written by Brittany Cavallaro
Read by Sandra Beasley
Published on September 21, 2010
- In the Flesh
Written by Amit Majmudar
Read by Dan O'Brien
Published on September 14, 2010
- She Buys Old Furniture
Written by Reagan Lothes
Read by Daniel Westover
Published on September 7, 2010
- Throwdown
Written by Josh Kalscheur
Read by David Shattuck
Published on August 31, 2010
- Mistletoe
Written by Ida Stewart
Read by Corrie Williamson
Published on August 24, 2010
- Post Chemo: Meeting a Realtor
Written by Catherine Esposito Prescott
Read by Andrew Kozma
Published on August 17, 2010
- Leviathan
Written by Joe Wilkins
Read by Aaron Anstett
Published on August 10, 2010
- Here with the Doctor
Written by A. Loudermilk
Read by Bethany Tyler Lee
Published on August 3, 2010
- Accident
Written by Adam Day
Read by Jennifer Jabaily Blackburn
Published on July 27, 2010
- Icarus in the Cockpit
Written by Dan Pinkerton
Read by Brian Spears
Published on July 20, 2010
- Steps to Remove Limitations
Written by G.C. Waldrep
Read by Anthony Farrington
Published on July 13, 2010
- Jeepney to Anini-y
Written by John Schellhase
Read by Mia
Published on July 6, 2010
- Self-Portrait with Spoiler Alerts
Written by Aaron Anstett
Read by Bethany Tyler Lee
Published on June 29, 2010
- Naming Goodbye
Written by Stephanie Rogers
Read by Wendy Skinner
Published on June 22, 2010
- Anatomy of a Disaster
Written by Ronda Broatch
Read by Trey Moody
Published on June 15, 2010
- Transmission from the Rogue Astronaut
Written by George David Clark
Read by Rebecca Howell
Published on June 8, 2010
- Salina, Kansas
Written by Trey Moody
Read by Nathan McClain
Published on June 1, 2010
- Radiance
Written by Alex Dimitrov
Read by D.A. Powell
Published on May 24, 2010
- An Old Curiosity
Written by Matthew Nienow
Read by Bethany Tyler Lee
Published on May 18, 2010
- What Stars
Written by Justin Runge
Read by Matthew Nienow
Published on May 11, 2010
- Robinson Sends a Letter to Someone
Written by Kathleen Rooney
Read by Justin Runge
Published on May 4, 2010
- Letter to M
Written by Susan Rich
Read by David Shattuck
Published on April 27, 2010
- Heaven As Nothing but Distance
Written by Joshua Robbins
Read by Sandy Longhorn
Published on April 20, 2010
- A Meditation in Tweets
Written by Kimberly Grey
Read by Mary Angelino
Published on April 13, 2010
- [Carpenter Bees]
Written by Jeff Mock
Read by Chloe' Yelena Miller
Published on April 6, 2010
- Song
Written by Jacques J. Rancourt
Read by Will Schutt
Published on March 30, 2010
- Sussing Out
Written by Will Schutt
Read by Jacques J. Rancourt
Published on March 23, 2010
- The Oklahoma
Written by Sid Miller
Read by Gregory Sherl
Published on March 16, 2010
- Cardio
Written by Adam Tessier
Read by Sarah Blake
Published on March 9, 2010
- To Sibyl
Written by Amit Majmudar
Read by Mia
Published on March 2, 2010
- While You Were Out
Written by Ernest Hilbert
Read by X.J. Kennedy
Published on February 23, 2010
- Sestina for Your Dead Heart
Written by Gregory Sherl
Read by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
Published on February 16, 2010
- Sermon to the Minister
Written by Hannah Craig
Read by Bill Neumire
Published on February 9, 2010
- Wild Turkeys
Written by John Foy
Read by Hannah Craig
Published on February 2, 2010
- Record Cold, 1962
Written by Brandon Courtney
Read by Nathan McClain
Published on January 26, 2010
- Riverfront Park, Marysville, CA
Written by D.A. Powell
Read by Michelle A. Ladwig
Published on January 19, 2010
- A Crossing
Written by George David Clark
Read by Sandy Longhorn
Published on January 12, 2010
- Persephone
Written by Andrea Scarpino
Read by Matthew Thorburn
Published on January 5, 2010
- Little Red Car
Written by Michelle Bitting
Read by Brian Spears
Published on December 29, 2009
- Encomium: Highway 49 South
Written by Joe Wilkins
Read by Matthew Henriksen
Published on December 22, 2009
- James Bond Suite
Written by Amit Majmudar
Read by Amy Watkins
Published on December 15, 2009
- Alice in the Looking Glass
Written by A.E. Stallings
Read by Ernest Hilbert
Published on December 8, 2009
- The Son of Man
Written by Sarah Kathryn Moore
Read by Katie Nichol
Published on December 1, 2009
- Moravia
Written by Nick McRae
Read by Amy Letter
Published on November 24, 2009
- Figure and Motion
Written by Andrew Goodspeed
Read by Ashley McHugh
Published on November 17, 2009
- The Golden Age
Written by Piotr Gwiazda
Read by Brian Spears
Published on November 10, 2009
- Training
Written by Sarah J. Sloat
Read by Aran Donovan
Published on November 3, 2009
- Lost Eyes or The Lost Art of Transcription
Written by Lesley Jenike
Read by Randy Prunty
Published on October 27, 2009
- Enter the Dragon
Written by C. Dale Young
Read by Geoffrey Brock
Published on October 20, 2009
- Asterism (Visitor Center)
Written by Ali Shapiro
Read by Ernest Hilbert
Published on October 13, 2009
- unnamable force in reserve
Written by Amy McNamara
Read by Steven D. Schroeder
Published on October 6, 2009
- Devotion: Hawk
Written by Dennis Hinrichsen
Read by Stacy Kidd
Published on September 29, 2009
- Nocturne with Snowstorm and Power Outage
Written by Keith Montesano
Read by Stacey Lynn Brown
Published on September 22, 2009
- Eastern Bloc
Written by Jehanne Dubrow
Read by Rachel Mallino
Published on September 15, 2009
- Death by Precipitation
Written by Patricia Lockwood
Read by Corrie Williamson
Published on September 8, 2009
- Learn to Sing by Singing
Written by Arra Lynn Ross
Read by Taylor Mali
Published on September 1, 2009
- Madrigal
Written by John Campbell
Read by Michael Shewmaker
Published on August 25, 2009
- Dear Happenstance
Written by Susan Meyers
Read by Josh Brown
Published on August 18, 2009
- The Trick with the Stick
Written by Matthew Thorburn
Read by Jessy Randall
Published on August 11, 2009
- The Liturgy of the Gym
Written by Kerry Krouse
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on August 4, 2009
- Some Unsettling Connections
Written by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
Read by Oliver delaPaz
Published on July 28, 2009
- Gospel According to Garth
Written by Casey Thayer
Read by Adam Tessier
Published on July 21, 2009
- Double Abecedarian: My Life as a Double Agent
Written by Steve Mueske
Read by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
Published on July 14, 2009
- If There’s Nothing You Need
Written by Adam Houle
Read by Christine Casson
Published on July 7, 2009
- Errata
Written by Lisa Fay Coutley
Read by Moira Egan
Published on June 30, 2009
- The Painter’s Wife
Written by Tania Pryputniewicz
Read by Jehanne Dubrow
Published on June 23, 2009
- Shack & Creek
Written by Carolyn Guinzio
Read by David Sanders
Published on June 16, 2009
- Courage and Horror Stand Side by Side
Written by Katrina Vandenberg
Read by Steve Mueske
Published on June 9, 2009
- I Slept Last Night
Written by Jen Currin
Read by Matthew Nienow
Published on June 2, 2009
- At Ruann’s, Having Tea with the Future
Written by Sally Molini
Read by April Christiansen
Published on May 26, 2009
- In the Town Called Allegory
Written by Jeffrey Thomson
Read by Brett Harrington
Published on May 19, 2009
- Somewhere South of Miles City
Written by Joe Wilkins
Read by Rachel Mallino
Published on May 12, 2009
- Climbing the Air
Written by Leslie St. John
Read by Nic Sebastian
Published on May 5, 2009
- Self Portrait Descending Slowly into the Atlantic Ocean
Written by Oliver delaPaz
Read by Davis McCombs
Published on April 28, 2009
- A meeting of estrangements
Written by Bob Hicok
Read by Nate Pritts
Published on April 21, 2009
- Cadaver Dog
Written by Seth Abramson
Read by K.C. Trommer
Published on April 14, 2009
- Caddyshackesque
Written by Daniel Nester
Read by Shin Yu Pai
Published on April 7, 2009
- Past Perfect
Written by Christina Olson
Read by Jacob Shores-Argüello
Published on March 31, 2009
- 1920: In Duluth, Minnesota
Written by T.J. Jarrett
Read by Michael Heffernan
Published on March 24, 2009
- More Matter, Less Art
Written by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
Read by Deborah Ager
Published on March 17, 2009
- Argument From Design
Written by T.R. Hummer
Read by Geoffrey Brock
Published on March 10, 2009
- Fire on the Mount
Written by Kerry Krouse
Read by Daniel Nester
Published on March 3, 2009
- Rape of Myself
Written by Seth Abramson
Read by Brent Goodman
Published on February 24, 2009
- Mother’s Day Omen
Written by Michelle Bitting
Read by Daniel Nester
Published on February 17, 2009
- Dear Atamasco Lily
Written by Susan Meyers
Read by Steven D. Schroeder
Published on February 10, 2009
- Renaming Wonder
Written by Sally Ashton
Read by Doug Van Gundy
Published on February 3, 2009
- Sonatine
Written by Chad Temples
Read by Louise Mathias
Published on January 27, 2009
- Rube Goldberg Draws the Human Heart
Written by M.C. Allan
Read by Chris Wong
Published on January 20, 2009
- Head First
Written by Kristine Ong Muslim
Read by Erika Seay
Published on January 13, 2009
- Falling
Written by Traci Brimhall
Read by Jeff Simpson
Published on January 6, 2009
- Evaporation
Written by Brent Goodman
Read by Lori Lamothe
Published on December 30, 2008
- A Tongue in a Mouth of Teeth is a Powerful Muscle
Written by S. Whitney Holmes
Read by Jeff Simpson
Published on December 23, 2008
- Unlisted
Written by Adam O. Davis
Read by Mary Angelino
Published on December 16, 2008
- Robertson Boulevard Onramp
Written by Michelle Bitting
Read by Tobias Wray
Published on December 9, 2008
- Mommy
Written by Megan Collins
Read by Jennifer Jabaily
Published on December 2, 2008
- Ghazal with Heavenly Bodies
Written by Sarah J. Sloat
Read by Lori Lamothe
Published on November 25, 2008
- The Last Holdout
Written by Alison Pelegrin
Read by Tony Tost
Published on November 18, 2008
- Jacob’s Dream
Written by Adam Tessier
Read by Ralph Adamo
Published on November 11, 2008
- Honor Thy
Written by Sandy Longhorn
Read by Maureen Alsop
Published on November 4, 2008
- Chryssoie
Written by Maureen Alsop
Read by Adam Clay
Published on October 27, 2008
- Testimony
Written by Emma Bolden
Read by Abraham Smith
Published on October 21, 2008
- At the Border Between the States
Written by Seth Abramson
Read by Greg Williamson
Published on October 14, 2008
- Third Hand Tale: West Virginia
Written by James Cervantes
Read by Lori Lamothe
Published on October 7, 2008
- Gray Sisters to Perseus
Written by Lori Lamothe
Read by Michael Robins
Published on September 30, 2008
- Halley’s Comet
Written by Trent Nutting
Read by Steve Mueske
Published on September 23, 2008
- Mother’s Day
Written by Dorianne Laux
Read by Andrew Hudgins
Published on September 16, 2008
- The Avalanche Club
Written by Heather Christle
Read by Eric McHenry
Published on September 9, 2008
- barbershop talc
Written by D.A. Powell
Read by Greg Williamson
Published on September 2, 2008
- A kind of elegance to the attachments
Written by Bob Hicok
Read by Eric McHenry
Published on August 26, 2008
- The Hotel Devotion
Written by Sandra Beasley
Read by Katrina Vandenberg
Published on August 19, 2008
- Matilda Stays Up Late With No Questions to Ask
Written by Farrah Field
Read by Brad Leithauser
Published on August 12, 2008
- The Gift
Written by Lola Haskins
Read by Juliana Gray
Published on August 5, 2008
- Middles of Deserts
Written by Amy MacLennan
Read by Erica Dawson
Published on July 29, 2008
- The Lover
Written by Karen Rigby
Read by Julie Carter
Published on July 21, 2008
- For the Weight of Gravity in Early Autumn
Written by Adam Clay
Read by Jennifer Perrine
Published on July 15, 2008
- Fragment From A Nonexistent Yiddish Poet #34
Written by Jehanne Dubrow
Read by Van K. Brock
Published on July 8, 2008
- Somewhere Once, a House
Written by Paul Dickey
Read by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Published on July 1, 2008
- Elegy of a Young Motorcyclist
Written by Ryan Courtwright
Read by Rachel Mallino
Published on June 24, 2008
- The Second Night
Written by Christina Davis
Read by Brandon Shimoda
Published on June 17, 2008
- The Natives Are Restless
Written by Sandra Beasley
Read by Steve Mueske
Published on June 10, 2008
- Thou May’st in Me Behold
Written by David Graham
Read by Sara Stripling
Published on June 3, 2008
- Onward and Onward
Written by Heather Christle
Read by Adam Clay
Published on May 27, 2008
- Bug
Written by Alison Stine
Read by Amanda Auchter
Published on May 20, 2008
- Cruz del Condor
Written by Quan Barry
Read by Davis McCombs
Published on May 13, 2008
- To ************* From the Residents of Point Reyes
Written by Lola Haskins
Read by Carolyn Guinzio
Published on May 6, 2008
- Poem for the Adoptive Mother
Written by Amanda Auchter
Read by Chloë Honum
Published on April 29, 2008
- Spree fall
Written by Bob Hicok
Read by Beth Ann Fennelly
Published on April 22, 2008
- Cash at Folsom
Written by Seth Abramson
Read by Leon Stokesbury
Published on April 14, 2008
- Gold
Written by Dorianne Laux
Read by Michael Heffernan
Published on April 8, 2008
- Or Something Like That
Written by C. Dale Young
Read by D.A. Powell
Published on April 1, 2008
- Dave Mustaine Changes Lives
Written by Anthony Robinson
Read by Zachary Schomburg
Published on March 24, 2008
- Sad Dictionary
Written by Richard Siken
Read by Amanda Auchter
Published on March 17, 2008
- Counting
Written by Carolyn Guinzio
Read by Quan Barry
Published on March 11, 2008
- Stardust Memories
Written by Daniel Nester
Read by Amanda Auchter
Published on March 4, 2008
- January Monster
Written by Zachary Schomburg
Read by Heather Christle
Published on February 26, 2008
- Come Back
Written by Dorianne Laux
Read by Davis McCombs
Published on February 19, 2008
- crab louse
Written by D.A. Powell
Read by Geoffrey Brock
Published on February 12, 2008
- Trip to the Moon
Written by Barry Ballard
Read by Johnathon Williams
Published on February 4, 2008
- Horn
Written by Bruce Bond
Read by Ashley McHugh
Published on January 29, 2008
- American history
Written by Bob Hicok
Read by Ash Bowen
Published on January 21, 2008