In this installment, Simon J. Ortiz shares some of his favorite books from our collection. Listen to the reading he gave following on Voca.

Working in the Dark, Jimmy Santiago Baca

Basho: The Complete Haiku, trans. Jane Reichhold

One Stick Song, Sherman Alexie

The Summer of Black Widows, Sherman Alexie

What I’ve Stolen, What I’ve Earned, Sherman Alexie

First Indian on the Moon, Sherman Alexie

The Other Side, Julia Alvarez

Red Deer, Floyce Alexander

Snake Poems, Francisco X. Alarcón

The Long Walk at San Francisco State, Kay Boyle

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