In the first of a three-part series on poetic responses to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Connor and Jack dig into how poetry responded to the trauma of the September 11 attacks. They also discuss how, after 19 years, the attacks are passing from memory into history. They also talk about how the United States' response to the attacks can be contextualized and how efforts at contextualizing 9/11 have been resisted in the past. Along the way, they bring up poems by David Lehman, Billy Collins, Claudia Rankine, and more. Find us at our website: www.closetalking.com/ Find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking  Find us on Twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking  Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetry You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at [email protected].

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