Adrian Matejka Reads C.D. Wright

Adrian Matejka joins Kevin Young to read “Against the Encroaching Grays (newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/against-the-…),” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost Home (newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/almost-home-…).” Matejka is the author of several poetry collections and the graphic novel “Last on His Feet (amazon.com/Last-His-Feet-Johnson-Century/dp/13…).” He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, served as the poet laureate of the state of Indiana from 2018 to 2019, and is editor-in-chief of Poetry magazine. His new collection, “Be Easy: New & Selected Poems (amazon.com/Be-Easy-New-Selected-Poems/dp/13240…),” will be published in March. He lives in Chicago.

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