Word Riot authors and poets read from their work.

Mom Before New York by Rachel Ann Brickner

Rabbit of No Material Character by Jonathan Aprea

Seven Degrees of Separation by Anne Lawrence Bradshaw

How to Tell You’re Still Alive by Ting Gou

A Short History of Brat Rock by Gabriela Garcia

Oater, With Air Conditioning by Tyler Stoddard Smith

Ode To Bob Marley, Ending in Inheritance by Malcolm Friend

from FAKE FLOWERS LAST FOREVER by Zoe Dzunko

How to Read This Essay by Kathryn Petruccelli

The Rise and Fall of Reme by Andrew Gretes

A Guide to Wioskasłomy by David Galef

Talking Through the Lobster by Amanda Chiado

excerpt from "Jazzercise is a Language" by Gabriel Ojeda-Sague

The Illustrated Catalogue of Fishes by Molly Brown

How Deep They Cut by Lynn Marie Houston

It Mostly Just Very Slowly Knocked Me to the Ground by Jenna Hymes

The Husband of a Galaxy by Gary Joshua Garrison