Ariana Reines, a celebrated poet, playwright, and recipient of the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize, dives deep into her latest work, Wave of Blood. She reflects on the atrocities in Gaza and her own familial grief related to the Holocaust. Reines discusses the intersection of art and time, emphasizing literature's role in processing collective trauma. The conversation touches on spirituality in creativity, the struggles of writing amid chaos, and the transformative power of poetry as a means of self-exploration and healing.
