Poem Talk Episode 4 - Poetry Talk

The poetical wager is a collection of 13 essays, i guess, 12 essays that comprise a 279 page book. We have selected two passages from the beginning of the title essay to be specific ad helpful for those following along in their copies of the book. The opening pages are part of a conversation the author conducts with herself, or a version of herself, a sleff interview. And second, a few paragraphs on pages 57 and 58, on gertrude stein, john cage and a few other topics.