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EPISODE · Apr 16, 2008 · 22 MIN

Elegy for the Tech

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2008 · host BBC World Service

Award winning poet Fred D’Aguiar is head of creative writing at Virginia Tech, the scene of a mass shooting of students and staff one year ago. He lost a student in the tragedy and had, in the past taught the shooter. In this documentary Fred reflects on the events of that day and the poetry both he and his students have written since.

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