Solarities Reading Series

Solarities, hosted by poets Tessa Bolsover and Michael Cavuto, was a bi-annual reading series that ran from 2023–2025 at Duke University. The series ran in conjunction with the Contemporary Poetry Graduate Working Group, which met each semester to read and study the visiting writers' books.

Solarities was funded by the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, with support from the English Department, Gender, Feminism and Sexuality Department, Duke Arts, and the Center for Caribbean and Latin American Studies.

All readings at the Nelson Reading Room, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Solarities 1: Asiya Wadud and Roberto Tejada, March 30, 2023

Introductions by Tessa Bolsover and Michael Cavuto.

Complete recording (1:20:49): MP3

Solarities 2: Kimberly Alidio and Stacy Szymaszek, November 16, 2023

Introductions by Tessa Bolsover and Michael Cavuto.

Complete recording (1:12:40): MP3

Solarities 3: Dale Smith, Hoa Nguyen, and Alice Notley, April 4, 2024

Introductions by Michael Cavuto, Tessa Bolsover, and Joseph Donahue. Due to technical problems, Alice Notley's portion of the reading was not recorded.

Complete recording (45:18): MP3

Solarities 4: Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola and Will Alexander, November 14, 2024

Introductions by Michael Cavuto and Tessa Bolsover

Complete recording (1:33:48): MP3

Solarities 5: fahima ife, Joseph Donahue, and Nathaniel Mackey, March 27, 2025

Introductions by Tessa Bolsover, Amber Manning, and Michael Cavuto.

Complete recording (1:34:47): MP3

© 2023–2025 all respective artists. Recordings available for non-commercial and educational use only. Distributed with permission by PennSound.