Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

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In his memoir, poet Raymond Antrobus writes of 'deaf gain' instead of hearing loss

When poet Raymond Antrobus was 6 years old, he learned he was deaf. His new memoir The Quiet Ear describes living in a world of in-betweenness, straddling intersections of race, class, hearing and deafness. In today’s episode, Antrobus joins NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly for a discussi ...  Show more

 . 8min 56sec
In 'Poet Warrior', Joy Harjo uses poetry to deal with pain and heal

This week, we're celebrating National Poetry Month by revisiting some of our favorite conversations with poets. Joy Harjo, who was the U.S. poet laureate from 2019 to 2022, says she has always been drawn to healing ever since she was little. She even studied pre-med in college. B ...  Show more

 . 9min 4sec

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