In this installment, Hieu Minh Nguyen shares some of his favorite books from our collection. Listen to the reading he gave following on Voca.

Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night, Morgan Parker

Delivered, Sarah Gambito

Butcher’s Tree, Feng Sun Chen

Split, Cathy Linh Che

Prelude to Bruise, Saeed Jones

Stupid Hope, Jason Shinder

Flies, Michael Dickman

[Insert] Boy, Danez Smith

Burn Lake, Carrie Fountain

Bringing the Shovel Down, Ross Gay

The History of Anonymity, Jennifer Chang

Black Aperture, Matt Rasmussen

Seam, Tarfia Faizullah

Real Karaoke People, Ed-Bok Lee

Rose, Li-Young Lee

Slow Lighting, Eduardo C. Corral

Black Blossoms, Rigoberto González

Clean, David J. Daniels

Imago, Joseph O. Legaspi

Pink Elephant, Rachel McKibbens

Mommy Must Be a Fountain of Feathers, Kim Kyesoon, trans. Don Mee Choi

Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah, Patricia Smith

The Alphabet in the Park, Adélia Prado

My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, Paul Guest

The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony, Ladan Osman

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From the Stacks features writers from our Reading & Lecture Series sharing favorite items from our library of contemporary poetry.