The Wild & Precious Life Series (WPLS) launched April 1, 2020. The WPLS creates a virtual space for poets to share their work, poetry lovers to receive it, and spotlight poets with books released during the pandemic.
The series continues today. Readings are held once or twice a month on a Wednesday. The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST) for casual conversation, and the reading begins at 7:30pm (EST). See the WPLS schedule page for details.
The series has featured Carl Phillips, Diane Suess, Marilyn Nelson, Dorianne Laux, Patricia Smith, Alicia Ostriker, Denise Duhamel, Oliver de la Paz, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Victoria Chang, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Paisley Rekdal, Beth Gylys, Major Jackson, Victoria Redel, Ashley M. Jones, Dan Beachy-Quick, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Lauren Camp, Tyree Daye, Paul Tran, Donika Kelly, Taylor Byas, Randall Mann, Amy King, and many more. Click here to view all the featured readers to date.
Follow the WPLS on Instagram (@wildandpreciouslifeseries).
Dustin Brookshire 