Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke

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Recorded20 Mar 2019

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Peter Balakian joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Theodore Roethke's poem "In a Dark Time" and his own poem "Eggplant." Balakian's latest book is "Ozone Journal," which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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