Lucille Clifton reads 'Won't You Celebrate With Me' — 'every day something has tried to kill me and has failed' — and then explains she chose to write in the American casual tongue rather than the poetry of Europe.
As heard by us
A warm, archival tribute to Michael Silverblatt's poetry conversations and the art of learning how to read.
Bookworm's poetry retrospective is a tribute to Michael Silverblatt as reader, interviewer, and formative presence, shaped by Alan Felsenthal's account of being taught how to read by him.
Why you'd press play
When you want 33 years of Bookworm memory shaped by one mentor's voice.
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