“I, Lover” by Elsa Gidlow

Elsa Gidlow poses on the grounds of her bohemian community, Druid Heights, in 1965 (GLBT Historical Society)

Amanda Holmes reads Elsa Gidlow’s poem “I, Lover.” 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.