Dawn Lundy Martin: Our Present, Long Moment
About this episode
Dawn Lundy Martin explores poems that reflect urgency, tension, and devotion, featuring works by various poets responding to contemporary issues.
Dawn Lundy Martin selects poems of urgency, tension, and devotion. She shares Daniel Borzutzky responding to massacres with a poem that must be written (“Written after a Massacre in the Year 2018”), francine j. harris negotiating what can be contained and what cannot (“in case”), and Ada Limón choosing astounding devotion ("State Bird"). Martin closes with an excerpt from “A Fable of the Regime,” which engages with the present, long moment of American history. Watch the full recordings of Bor...
People in this episode
Host: Dawn Lundy Martin
Topics covered
- poetry
- urgency
- tension
- devotion
- American history
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Written after a Massacre in the Year 2018, in case, State Bird, A Fable of the Regime
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