Elizabeth Alexander — Words That Shimmer

Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We’re hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us — and in our children — and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times.

Episode 411 of the On Being with Krista Tippett podcast, hosted by On Being Studios, titled "Elizabeth Alexander — Words That Shimmer" was published on July 23, 2015 and runs 51 minutes.

July 23, 2015 ·51m · On Being with Krista Tippett

Summary

Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We’re hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us — and in our children — and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times.

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