Marie Howe on Fresh Air

On Fresh Air today! Poet Marie Howe speaks with Terry Gross about grieving her brother's death, growing up in a Catholic family of nine, kissing girls, reading the Bible, and poetry's engagement with the sacred present. From the interview:

"Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die," says Howe. "The most mysterious aspect of being alive might be that — and poetry knows that."

Hear the whole, wide-ranging conversation here.