About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of the human body through poetry.

The trials, tribulations and beauty of possessing a body, featuring poems by Jane Ellen Glasser, Susan Okie, Don Thompson, Joyce LaMers, and Larnell Custis Butler. Support the show

Topics covered

• body
• poetry
• art
• beauty
• trials
• tribulations

Keywords

• Frida Kahlo
• poems
• body
• beauty
• trials
• tribulations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Frida Kahlo

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