Stephen Mitchell Reads Richard WIlbur

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Stephen Mitchell Reads Richard WIlbur

FromThe New Yorker: Poetry

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Aug 16, 2017

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Stephen Mitchell joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Richard Wilbur's poem "Two Voices in a Meadow," and his own translation of "The Death of Argos," from Homer’s Odyssey.

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Aug 16, 2017

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Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.

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