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The Subtext: Everyone Hates Poetry
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Lee and Savannah welcome a guest on this week’s episode to discuss why everyone hates poetry! In the hot seat is professor and poet Donovan McAbee, who recently published Holy the Body, a collection of poems exploring loss, grief, and doubt. Together, they talk about the beauty of uncertainty and how poetry can be the translator of life’s darkest experiences. If you liked the selected poems McAbee read on this episode, make sure to pick up a copy of Holy the Body!
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Holy the Body by Donovan McAbee
Selected Poems by Seamus Heaney
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Viola Davis on Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Praying Drunk by Andrew Hudgins
Models of the Church by Avery Dulles
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