Read Me a Poem

“To the Young Who Want to Die” by Gwendolyn Brooks

By Amanda Holmes | July 21, 2020
Walter Oleksy / Alamy Stock Photo
Walter Oleksy / Alamy Stock Photo

Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem, “To the Young Who Want to Die.” 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.

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