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[encore] 1168: Refusing Rilke's "You must change your life" by Remica Bingham-Risher
Today’s poem is Refusing Rilke's "You must change your life" by Remica Bingham-Risher.
The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re revisiting some favorites from Major Jackson’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on July 24, 2024. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this episode, Major writes… “I live with Rilke’s famous line, “You must change your life,” in my ear on repeat, an earworm, as if something is less than stellar about who I am today. I move instinctively towards myself as though I were…
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