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Rachel Wiley (she/her/hers) reads Jan Beatty's poem, “Red Sugar.”

"Red Sugar" from Red Sugar by Jan Beatty, © 2008. Aired by permission of University of Pittsburgh Press.

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My name is Rachel Wiley.

I'm a poet from Columbus, Ohio and I'll be reading Jan Beatty's, Red Sugar. I chose this poem in particular because it really captures Beatty's working class strong woman persona.

While also talking about her vulnerabilities and that's something that I really personally connect to in all of her work, but this poem in particular.