Meghan O'Rourke and Nathaniel Bellows

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It’s a little silly to talk about stars in the ever-dwindling world of poetry, but Bellows and O’Rourke are two bright young things who are slowly but surely making names for themselves. O’Rourke’s first collection, Halflife, toes the line between metaphysical yearning and physical desire. Bellows’s Why Speak? puts a philosophical spin on pastoralism. This joint reading and Q&A session is your chance to see them before they ascend to the firmament. — Tayt Harlin