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Margaret Atwood Reads Saeed Jones

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Appreciating Poems: Engaging with Themes and Personal Relevance

Poets participating in the program select and discuss a poem from The New Yorker Archive before reading one of their own published poems. Margaret Atwood, a renowned poet and novelist, joined the program. She selected the poem 'A Stranger' by Said Jones from the archive, sharing that its theme of a dead mother resonated with her own experience, noting that many people could relate to it.

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