Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Mai Der Vang's poem "They Think Our Killed Ones Cannot Speak to Us" from her collection Yellow Rain.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Will Alexander's poem "Eruption From the Compound of Living" from his collection Refractive Africa.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads francine j. harris’ poem "My hair is falling out " from her collection here is the sweet hand.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Douglas Kearney’s poem "Eulogy for a Pair of Kicks" from his collection Sho.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Diane Seuss’ poem [My favorite scent is my own funk] from her collection frank: sonnets.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Hao Nguyen’s poem "Napalm Notes" from her collection A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Diamond Forde’s poem "Trying to Write A Music Poem" from her collection Mother Body.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Threa Almontaser’s poem "Dream Interpretation [Fox]" from her collection The Wild Fox of Yemen.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Benjamin Garcia’s poem "To the Unborn Sibling" from his collection Thrown in the Throat.

Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Desiree C. Bailey’s poem "Fleshed Cartographies" from her collection What Noise Against the Cane.