BONUS: Truth-seeking and the Symphony of Language with Henri Cole

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Kimblerly Blaeser - my journal records the vestiture of doppelgangers

Words can’t quite fully capture the activity, oddity, and awe that is everywhere around us, but poet Kimberly Blaeser makes a gorgeous attempt in her poem “my journal records the vestiture of doppelgangers.” The three stanzas overflow with an exuberance of colorful creatures — fr ...  Show more

Poetry Unbound in Conversation — Marie Howe

Marie Howe’s poetry shimmers with the keen attention she pays to language: the language of the body (both the human body and “the beautiful body of the world”), of people’s everyday speech, and of religious myth. We are thrilled to offer this conversation between Pádraig and Mari ...  Show more

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