Charles Darwin, photographed c. 1874 by Leonard Darwin (Wikimedia Commons)
Amanda Holmes reads Wisława Szymborska’s “Consolation,” translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
