Scottish writer Robin Robertson has published five collections of poetry, including Hill of Doors, and has received a number of accolades, including the Petrarch Prize, the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Cholmondeley Award, and all three Forward Prizes. He has published a selection of poems named Sailing the Forest.

This series of readings is organized and hosted by Stephen Yenser, poet and professor at UCLA.