Category: Poems

by Michalle Gould

By Sharon Olds

By Natasha Trethewey

Amanda Holmes reads Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask.” 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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By Carl Sandburg

by Brook Emery

By William Matthews

by Susan Hampton

by Natalie Shapero

By Ishion Hutchinson