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Reading Hall C

Alex Berge - The Brotherhood of Lunar Ni
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 Polaris collections, representing only a small fraction of the total works archived by the Lunar Codex.
 

Reading Hall C 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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MANIFEST

Samuel Peralta -The Way the World Ends.j
THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS

by

Samuel Peralta

2010

XM1, PM1, GM1

Selected and read by Rysa Walker, along with a poem by Margaret Atwood,  for the Shanghai Book Fair and International Literary Week, August 2017
Translated to and read as Chinese version by Zhao Yang

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Ada Limon -How to Triumph.jpg
HOW TO TRIUMPH LIKE A GIRL

by

Ada Limón 

2015

XM1, GM1

Inducted into the Lunar Codex on April 18, 2021, Ada Limón was named by the U.S. Library of Congress on July 12, 2022, as the 24th Poet Laureate of the U.S.  

Sarah Freligh -Wondrous.jpg
WONDROUS

by

Sarah  Freligh

2012

XM1, GM1

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Jenne Andrews -The Innuando of Owls.jpg
THE INNUENDO OF OWLS

by

Jenné Andrews

2011

XM1, GM1

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NissimEzekiel-NightOfTheScorpion.jpg
NIGHT OF THE SCORPION

by

Nissim Ezekiel

1965

XM1, GM1

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THE MANY THINGS MY FATHER LOVED
KavitaEzekielMendonca-TheManyThingsMyFatherLoved.jpg

by

Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca

2020

XM1, GM1

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DulceMariaMenendez-GreenRoads.jpg
GREEN ROADS

by

Dulce Maria Menendez

2013

XM1, GM1

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Following the Rivers Flow.jpg
FOLLOWING THE RIVERS' FLOW

A Collaborative Poem 

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Joyce Brinkman, Mark Neely, Orlando Menes, Shari Wagner, Don Platt, Kevin McKelvey, Mitchell Douglas, Matthew Brennan, Marcus Wicker, Laurel Smith

2015

XM1, GM1
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River of Songs.jpg
RIVER OF SONGS

by 

Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

2021

XM1, GM1
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Kelly Kaur -A Singaporeans Love Affair.jpg
A SINGAPOREAN'S LOVE AFFAIR

by 

Kelly Kaur

2021

XM1, GM1
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Lali Michaeli -My Mom.jpg
MY MOM

by 

Lali Michaeli

2022

XM1, GM1
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- Lali Tsipi Michaeli is an Israeli poet, born in Georgia and immigrating to Israel at the age of seven. She has published six poetry books, and in various translations in the U.S., France, Italy, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Iran, and the Ukraine.

Grace Cavalieri -The Lady Reads My Palm.jpg
THE LADY READS MY PALM

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Grace Cavalieri

2020

XM1, GM1
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The Lunar Codex is a curated archive of cultural works from across the globe, launched from Earth via NASA Artemis / CLPS program partners. The Lunar Codex is a project of Incandence Corp. 

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Individual works are copyright © by their respective creators, editors, publishers, or owners, and all rights as appropriate remain with them, whether or not a notice appears adjacent to the work. All works included in the Lunar Codex have been archived with permission from their respective creators, editors, publishers, or owners, whether individually, or as represented in a collection such as an anthology, exhibit, catalog, or magazine. Music on this website is Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy, Beta Records (2017) original performance recording used with permission - version x 1.33 speed.

Works may be identified by their Lunar Codex time capsule, NASA mission, as follows: [1] LC1 Orion - NASA EM-1 / Artemis 1 Mission (Nov 16-Dec 11, 2022); [2] LC2 Peregrine - NASA CLPS-TO2-AB  (Jan 8-18, 2024); [3] LC3 Nova - NASA CLPS-TO2-IM (Feb 15-22 2024); [4] LC4 Serenity - NASA CLPS-TO-19D Mission 1 (Jan 2025); [5] LC5 Minerva - NASA CLPS-TO-PRIME-1 (Feb 2025); [6] LC6 Polaris - NASA CLPS-TO-20A (Nov 2025); [7] LC7 Freya - NASA CLPS-TO-CP-11-PRISM (4Q25).
- Note: We are transitioning from the previous PM-1, XM-1, GM-1 designation to LC1-7, which is intended to be - but is not yet - implemented throughout the website.

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