“Huswifery” by Edward Taylor

Clockwise from far left: sketches of spinning wheels by Oscar Bluhme (1941), Eugene La Foret (1935/1942), Clyde L. Cheney (1935/1942), and Maud M. Holme (c. 1938) from the Index of American Design

Amanda Holmes reads Edward Taylor’s poem “Huswifery.” 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.

Amanda Holmes, the author of the novel I Know Where I Am When I’m Falling, is a columnist and poetry editor for the Washington Independent Review of Books.