“Lights Out” by Edward Thomas

Portrait of Edward Thomas in 1911 by E.O. Hoppé (National Portrait Gallery)

Amanda Holmes reads Edward Thomas’s poem “Lights Out.” Plus, read Holmes’s review of Matthew Hollis’s biography of Thomas at the Washington Independent Review of Books. 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.