Reading Hall B
A MANIFEST FOR THE MOON
The Lunar Codex uses digital and analog technology to preserve art, books, music, and more, enclosed in time capsules and launched to the Moon. It is a message-in-a-bottle to the future.
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Curatorial Notes
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The Readings sections showcase a selection of works from the Peregrine and Νουα collections, representing only a small fraction of the total works archived by the Lunar Codex.
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Reading Hall B highlights short-form works by poets and writers. The included works form a selection of touchstone poems, some of my own favorites, bookmarks of discovery, favorite works composed by other writers, and poems I wish I'd written.
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Works are identified by respective launch mission and Lunar Codex collection as follows:
AM1 - Artemis 1 Mission (The Orion Collection)
PM1 - Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 (The Peregrine Collection)
IM1 - NASA CLPS-2 Mission 1 (The Nova Collection)
GM1 - Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 (The Polaris Collection)
MANIFEST
RADAR
by
Samuel Peralta
2010
IM1, PM1
SOLILOQUY TO EMPTINESS
by
Hannah Radeke
10 April 2021
IM1
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Commissioned specially for The Lunar Codex
through Poems While You Wait
MANIFEST
RADAR
by
Samuel Peralta
2010
XM1, PM1, GM1
AWAKENING ON WINTER MORNINGS
Translated by
Leanne Ogasawara
2010
IM1, GM1
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Original poem from Chieko's Sky (1912) by
Kotaro Takamura
With papercut illustration by
Chieko Takamura
XM1, GM1
SOLILOQUY TO EMPTINESS
by
Hannah Radeke
10 April 2021
XM1, GM1
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Commissioned specially for The Lunar Codex
through Poems While You Wait
THERE IS NO HEAVEN INSIDE, ONLY CONCRETE
by
Kailiah Peters
10 April 2021
XM1, GM1
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Commissioned specially for The Lunar Codex
through Poems While You Wait
THE BROTHERHOOD OF LUNAR NIGHT
by
Alex Berge
10 April 2021
XM1, GM1
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Commissioned specially for The Lunar Codex
through Poems While You Wait
Composed on a vintage Royal Astronaut typewriter,
introduced in 1970
THE MOON IS THE MOON WHETHER WE CALL IT THAT OR NOT
by
Kathleen Rooney
10 April 2021
XM1, GM1
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First publication in The Lunar Codex
Kathleen Rooney is the co-founder of
Poems While You Wait
FORMAL
by
Robert Lee Brewer
2011
XM1, GM1
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TINDER
by
Shane Koyczan
2016
XM1, GM1
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HE ASKED WHAT MADE MY BRAIN DO THAT THING WHERE I END UP ON THE FLOOR WITH THE WORLD ENDING
by
Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
2021
XM1, GM1
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HINAMATSURI
by
Nicolette Wong
2012
XM1, GM1
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HALF WOMAN, HALF STARLIGHT
by
PÄ—rla Kantarjian
2020
XM1, GM1
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THE NEXT TO LAST POEM
by
Sam Rasnake
2011
XM1, GM1
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ENTROPY
by
Jessica Reed
From World, Composed (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
First published in Crazyhorse
XM1, GM1
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DREAM
by
Alina Lee
From Secrets of Self (Blurb, 2021)
XM1
Selected poems from Secrets of Self are also archived separately in GM1