“Justice Denied in Massachusetts” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poems read aloud, beautifully
Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco (right) in the Dedham, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1923 (Wikimedia Commons)
Amanda Holmes reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Justice Denied in Massachusetts.” 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.
