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How to Read Poetry (and Why) with Kevin Prufer
Why We Write
English - March 22, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBooks Arts Education writing authors university books literature interview lesley university higher education mfa creative writing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Poetry is great, right? Why don't we read it more? Poet and professor Kevin Prufer gives us practical ways to start reading poetry and why it's (sometimes) better than fiction.
This episode is all to get us ready for National Poetry Month, where we share a poem a week and the inspiration behind it.
Check out last year's poems:
"The Translator" by Kevin Prufer"As for the Heart" by Erin Belieu"We Be Womxn" by U-Meleni Mhlaba-AdeboCowboys and "The Dread" by Lydia LeclercFor more information on Kevin Prufer, our MFA in Creative Writing program (where Kevin is a faculty member), and a transcript, visit our episode page.