1947 portrait of W. H. Auden (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn)
Amanda Holmes reads W. H. Auden’s poem, “The Hard Question.” 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.
