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Episode 107 Poetry and 9/11 Part 1 - Responding to Trauma
9/11/2020
In the first of a three-part series on poetic responses to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Connor and Jack dig into how poetry responded to the trauma of the September 11 attacks. They also discuss how, after 19 years, the attacks are passing from memory into history. They also talk about how the United States' response to the attacks can be contextualized and how efforts at contextualizing 9/11 have been resisted in the past. Along the way, they bring up poems by David Lehman, Billy Collins, Claudia Rankine, and more.
Listen to Part 2, here.
Listen to Part 3, here.