Listen in as Farnaz Fatemi and Maggie Paul preview this year's Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading, taking place Thursday November 20, 2025 at UCSC, featuring Ellen Bass.

To register for this week's event go to ⁠thi.ucsc.edu⁠

Find out about the history of this reading series and the accompanying annual $1000 poetry prize. Hear poems from Morton Marcus and several of the past featured poets and prize winners.

To read Maggie Paul's interviews with several of the featured readers over the last 15 years, check out her website.

For an archive of the series, check out ⁠https://www.mortonmarcus.com/history-of-reading-orig⁠