015 The Last Time as We Are by Taylor Mali
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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
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
Join the party and read ahead for the next episode:
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
