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Editors Christian Wiman and Don Share go inside the pages of Poetry, talking to poets and critics, debating the issues, and sharing their poem selections with listeners.
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The Possibility of an Answer

The editors talk to Linda Gregerson, Tom Pickard, and Vijay Seshadri about their poems from the Q & A issue.

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