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Dec 26, 2023 • 2min

“Envoy” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Amanda Holmes reads Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Envoy.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 19, 2023 • 5min

“The Mist on the Mountain” by Loren Eiseley

Amanda Holmes reads Loren Eiseley’s “The Mist on the Mountain.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 12, 2023 • 2min

“The Coming of Light” by Mark Strand

Amanda Holmes reads Mark Strand’s “The Coming of Light.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 5, 2023 • 3min

Selections from Hafiz’s Little Book of Life

Amanda Holmes reads from Hafiz’s Little Book of Life, a new translation of the Persian mystic’s work by Erfan Mojib and Gary Gach. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 28, 2023 • 3min

“Ox Cart Man” by Donald Hall

Amanda Holmes reads Donald Hall’s “Ox Cart Man.” Read Hall’s essays “Remains” and “One Road” on our website. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 21, 2023 • 3min

“Winter Creek” by Jim Harrison

Amanda Holmes reads Jim Harrison’s “Winter Creek.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8nforbyn370ml4wk51um5/264-harrison-winter-creek.mp3?rlkey=vk7joeqryhodt0qcd2aefif11&dl=0 This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 14, 2023 • 6min

“My Story in a Late Style of Fire” by Larry Levis

Amanda Holmes reads Larry Levis’s “My Story in a Late Style of Fire.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 7, 2023 • 5min

“I Explain a Few Things” by Pablo Neruda

Amanda Holmes reads Pablo Neruda’s “I Explain a Few Things,” translated from the Spanish by Galway Kinnell. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 31, 2023 • 3min

“Her Kind” by Anne Sexton

Amanda Holmes reads Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 24, 2023 • 3min

“Consolation” by Wislawa Szymborska

Amanda Holmes reads Wislawa Szymborska’s “Consolation,” translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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