Book of Kells, Folio 19v: Argumentum to John; Breves causae of Luke I-XIII (The Library of Trinity College Dublin)
Amanda Holmes reads the anonymous ninth-century poem “Pangur Bán,” translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney. 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.
