By Alice Friman
Audio Poem of the Day - Blues for Dante Alighieri
By Kim Addonizio
Audio Poem of the Day - I’m Stepping Up in Singing Sandals, No Use For
By Bridget Talone
Audio Poem of the Day - Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado)
By Monica Youn
Audio Poem of the Day - Blanche Bruce Does the Modernism
by Douglas Kearney
Audio Poem of the Day - Captain Lovell, [“Shakey Eyes Horton had nystagmus too”]
By Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Read Me a Poem - “Give Me Back My Rags” by Vasko Popa
Amanda Holmes reads Vasko Popa’s poem “Give Me Back My Rags,” translated from the Serbian by Charles Simic. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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