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A fresco in Pompeii from the first century (Wikimedia Commons)
Amanda Holmes reads Muriel Rukeyser’s poem “Waiting for Icarus.” 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.