Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes by Poets & Writers

Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes

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Wei Tchou reads “Spores,” the third chapter of her memoir, Little Seed, published by A Strange Object in May 2024.

Little Seed by Wei Tchou

Rachel Khong reads from the opening of her novel Real Americans, published by Knopf in April 2024.

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Peter Mishler reads “A Message From Our Founder” and “Where Else but Target” from his poetry collection Children in Tactical Gear, published by the University of Iowa Press in May 2024.

Children in Tactical Gear by Peter Mishler

Lilly Dancyger reads from “First Love,” the opening essay of her collection, First Love: Essays on Friendship, published by the Dial Press in May 2024.

First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

Diannely Antigua reads “Diary Entry #28: Ars Poetica” and “We Never Stop Talking About Our Mothers” from her poetry collection Good Monster, published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2024.

Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes

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