Ben Purkert Reads Jorie Graham

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Recorded25 Mar 2020

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Ben Purkert joins Kevin Young to read “Notes on the Reality of the Self,” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “News.” Purkert began contributing poetry to The New Yorker in 2012, and his début poetry collection, “For the Love of Endings,” was published in 2018. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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