Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham

Jun 24, 2026, 10:00 AM42 min

Richard Siken joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/i-catch-sight-of-the-now">I Catch Sight of the Now</a>,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/15/piano-lesson-richard-siken-poem">Piano Lesson</a>.” Siken is a poet and painter whose book “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300107897">Crush</a>” won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Thom Gunn Award. His other books are “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556594771/">War of the Foxes</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556596243/">I Do Know Some Things</a>,” which was published last year and won a Thom Gunn Award.

Richard Siken joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.” Siken is a poet and painter whose book “Crush” won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Thom Gunn Award. His other books are “War of the Foxes” and “I Do Know Some Things,” which was published last year and won a Thom Gunn Award.

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