Ep. 4 - Connection & Creativity in Isolation

In this episode, I discuss Ada Limon’s book of poetry The Carrying with Dr. Nicky Beer. We talk about how poetry belongs to everybody and the shelter that something so small as a poem can provide. I also talk to English Department Chair Dr. Philip Joseph about how the CU Denver Community is adapting to the pandemic, featuring stories by students who share a range of experiences, from the challenges teachers and medical professionals are facing to the role of creativity in isolation.

Cited and Additional Resources:

The Carrying by Ada Limón. https://milkweed.org/book/the-carrying

“This is Just to Say with Carrie Fountain” interview with Ada Limón https://www.kut.org/post/just-say-ada-lim-n-0

University of Colorado Denver student podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/user-762579172/sets/student-podcasts

The songs you hear on the show are "Belle et Triste" and “Roza Vertov” by Kariatida: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kariatida