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Lucie Brock-Broido reads Franz Wright

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Reflections on Loss and Elegy for a Cat

The poem 'Lucy Brock-Broydo' is an elegy for a snow leopard, reflecting on loss and written by someone known for their difficult diction. Despite this reputation, the poem is described as their most legible work, a simple rumination on loss and the memory of the animal.

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