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Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploring Ecstasy and Recovery Through Poetry

The chapter delves into the themes of ecstasy and recovery in the speaker's life and work, exploring the intense emotions and struggles faced. It highlights how writing serves as a tool for self-discovery and resolving extreme emotional states through poetry. The conversation also touches on addiction, recovery, poetic form, music, and the influence of Elizabeth Bishop's work on the speaker.

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