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Episode 98: Arthur Sze, Papyrus Pantoum
October 1st, 2025 | Season 7 | 28 mins 38 secs
asian american, climate change, ecopoetry, nature, pantoum, poet laureate
In this episode, we continue our three-part series on the pantoum, this time focusing on Arthur Sze's "Papyrus Pantoum." We consider the poem's collage-like qualities, Sze's ability to juxtapose abundance and scarcity, and the way he attends to both beauty and danger in the natural world.
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Episode 72: Victoria Chang, My Mother--died unpeacefully...
May 22nd, 2024 | Season 6 | 20 mins 1 sec
21st century, aging, asian american, elegy, free verse, grief and loss
In this episode, we read one of Victoria Chang’s moving poems from her collection OBIT, and discuss how the poem explores the interplay between life, death, grieving, and memory as the poet tries to process her mother’s passing.