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Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham
With Kevin Young June 24, 2026Save this story Save this story Save this story Save this story Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen
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Photograph by Richard Siken Richard Siken joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.” Siken is a poet and painter whose book “Crush” won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Thom Gunn Award. His other books are “War of the Foxes” and “I Do Know Some Things,” which was published last year and won a Thom Gunn Award.
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