Season 3 of “Open Book” is about reading literature, specifically long-form poetry. Some are old favourites, and some are poems I’ve been meaning to read for years: Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”; Simon Armitage’s modern translation of the medieval dream-vision “Pearl”; and a host of other narrative and lyrical selections. It’s about hearing the language, and not worrying quite so much about interpreting it. As ever I welcome comments and suggestions at [email protected] -- and I end this trailer with a reading of Christina Rossetti’s sonnet, “Remember.”

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