Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on April 1, 1999.

Mei Mei Berssenbrugge is the author of ten collections of poetry, including Fish Souls, Summits Move with the Tide, Random Possessions, Sphericity, and The Four Year Old Girl. Her work has been described as “spiritual exercises in physical form.” Ms. Berssenbrugge has received fellowships from the NEA and two American Book Awards from the Before Columbus Foundation. She read on April 1, 1999, and discussed her work with Lannan Poetry Award winner, Arthur Sze.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to the audio recording of this event there.