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The Universe in Verse: Sarah Kay Reads Whitman and Performs Her Splendid Song-Poem “Astronaut”
“A leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.”
The Power of Aesthetic Force: Anna Deavere Smith and Sarah Lewis on Beauty as a Tool of Justice and a Catalyst for “Nonselfing”
“The law represents a part of the people’s will but … the people’s will is moved by beauty.”
On the Beach Alone at Night: Meshell Ndegeocello Reads Walt Whitman’s Ode to the Interconnectedness of Life
A song of praise for “all souls, all living bodies though they be ever so different… all nations, colors… all identities that have existed or may exist… all lives and deaths, all of the past, present, future.”
Figures of Thought: Krista Tippett Reads Howard Nemerov’s Mathematical-Existential Poem About the Interconnectedness of the Universe
A splendid song of praise for the elemental truth at the heart of all art, science, and nature.
A 100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor on How Books Save Lives
“There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive.”
Poet Sarah Kay on How We Measure Creative Success, Being a Working Artist in Today’s World, and the Only Antidote to Our Endemic Fear of Missing Out
…and a wonderful fable about the three different ways of relating to one’s work, each essential for the whole of art.
Funeral March for the First Cosmonaut: Artist, Poet, and Philosopher Etel Adnan’s Stunning Painted Poem About Life, Death, Loneliness, and Our Cosmic Redemption
“In the beginning was the white page. In the beginning was the Sufi in orbit… In the beginning was color. In the beginning was music.”
Between the Body and the Soul: Neri Oxman Reads Walt Whitman
A timeless song of praise for our belonging with “Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees,” with “night of the large few stars.”
The Lioness in the Tall Grass: Farmer and Poet Laura Brown-Lavoie’s Extraordinary Letter to Children About the Power of Storytelling
In praise of sentences that pull you in with all their teeth.
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