015 The Last Time as We Are by Taylor Mali

Poetry! Love! Education! Mattresses? The ex-planet Pluto? Julia is skeptical of one of Victoria’s favorite books of poetry by Taylor Mali, but they still find themselves in a deep conversation about the nature and purpose of poetry. So buckle up because it’s serious-poetry-nerd time!

Random tidbits mentioned in this episode:

Article about Taylor Mali’s marriage to his second wife from New York Times

The Whetting Stone by Taylor Mali

Galway Kinnell

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot read by Jeremy Irons & Eileen Atkins

Recommendations for further reading (and listening)

Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times edited by Jo Shapcott and Matthew Sweeney

Button Poetry