Asa Drake: Deep Breath, Long Lines
About this episode
Asa Drake explores the potential of long lines in poetry through various works and invites listeners to engage with the themes presented.
Asa Drake introduces poems that illustrate the long line’s possibilities for creating meaning and connection. She shares Saretta Morgan demonstrating silence and expansiveness (“Dominant orientation lights a corridor wide as Mexico's northern border”), Jennifer Chang exploring distance between speaker and listener (“Dialogues (Against Literature)”), and Solmaz Sharif delving into precision via unrelenting grammar (“Look”). Drake closes by inviting the listener to sit with her in unease with h...
People in this episode
Host: Asa Drake
Topics covered
- long lines in poetry
- meaning and connection
- silence and expansiveness
- distance in dialogue
- precision in language
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