Read a poem, talk about it, read it again.
Episode 139 Excerpt from John Brown's Body - Stephen Vincent Benét
8/13/2021
Connor and Jack dig into an excerpt from the epic, book-length poem "John Brown's Body" by Stephen Vincent Benet. In the late 1920s the book was a mega-best seller and won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. They discuss the implications of the poem's popularity, other literary and artistic works that re-tell history, and the durable cultural myths John Brown's story exemplifies.
Learn more about Benét, here.