‘I continue to work on my book length hybrid poem/prose project, Mood Librarian, with a short film shot in AAR’s Library. The Library seemed a perfect setting to stage a reading of my poem, Reader, we were meant to meet. The film received great support from AAR fellows— from the readers to the composer and editor and AAR staff. What a delight to see the poem activated by diverse people reading a shared page —creating a crucible of meaning. 

The poem, “Murmuration/Flock,” The poem flock was composed and completed at AAR and published in the art magazine MOUSSE. I was so pleased with their design based on a visual idea I suggested for the poem that I had it framed. It gave flight to the collection Mood Librarian.’ 

— Erica Hunt

Bio

Erica Hunt is a poet and essayist. She is the author of five collections, the most recent of which is Jump the Clock, New and Selected Poems. A 2023-2024 recipient of the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize in literature, she is the 2025 D’Angelo Humanities professor at St. John’s University and Poetry Editor at The Brooklyn Rail.