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Terrance Hayes' poems span history, fables and quarantine in 'So to Speak'
Terrance Hayes' poems span history, fables and quarantine in 'So to Speak'
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8 minutes
Released:
Aug 17, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Writing is a practice – especially for MacArthur Genius Grant and National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes. His new collection of poems, So to Speak, comes out of that practice during turbulent times: COVID quarantine, the 2020 protests after the killing of George Floyd. And they reach further back, too, to the Jim Crow South and his mother's youth. In today's episode, Hayes speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about engaging with language and reimagining family members in a new light.
Released:
Aug 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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