Poets Victoria Chang and Beth Piatote sit down for a conversation on their recent publications and their evocative use of nature throughout their poems. Moderated by writer and editor Alyssa Ogi, this discussion promises a rumination on our shared home, oppressive efforts of erasure, and the art and language that we use to understand our world and ourselves.
Tina Chang reads from her new poetry collection at Portland Art Museum in the Native American Art gallery.
Victoria Chang reads from her new poetry collection at Portland Art Museum in the The Stars We Do Not See exhibition. Presented by the National Book Foundation.
Kyle Carrero Lopez reads from his new poetry collection at Portland Art Museum in the Northwest Art gallery.
Genevieve DeGuzman reads from her new poetry collection at Portland Art Museum in the Nine Women Artist exhibition.
Jae Nichelle reads from her new poetry collection at Portland Art Museum in the Northwest Art gallery.
Hieu Minh Nguyen reads from his poetry collection Staying Still at Portland Art Museum in the Native American Art gallery.
Paisley Rekdal reads from her new poetry collection at the Portland Art Museum in the Northwest Art Gallery.
Ally Ang reads from their new poetry collection at the Portland Art Museum in the Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery.
Beth Piatote reads from her new poetry collection distant water at the Portland Art Museum in the Native American Art Gallery.
Poets Hieu Minh Nguyen and Paisley Rekdal come together with author Jae Nichelle to discuss their new poetry collections. Both works delicately reflect on violence, race, grief, and what is passed down between generations.
In their newly released poetry collections, poets Kyle Carrero Lopez and Tina Chang follow themes of tension, violence, assumption, and art through both political moments and personal experiences. Whether considering US-Cuba relations like Lopez or the aftermath of the pandemic like Chang, both poets create richly compelling poems about our political moment. Moderated by fellow poet m. mick powell.
