Read Me a Poem

“Give Me Back My Rags” by Vasko Popa

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | September 20, 2022
From the 1985 cover of Give Me Back My Rags by Vasko Popa, translated by Charles Simic
From the 1985 cover of Give Me Back My Rags by Vasko Popa, translated by Charles Simic

Amanda Holmes reads Vasko Popa’s poem “Give Me Back My Rags,” translated from the Serbian by Charles Simic. 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.

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