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Read By: Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich on her selection: "Praise crazy. Praise sad. / Praise the path on which we're led." - Joy Harjo, from “Praise the Rain” The torrential love, heat, sorrow and wit at the heart of POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM by Natalie Diaz makes this a book of our times. We have become isolated and strangely passive in many ways during this pandemic. This book shakes the reader into clarity and reassures us that our true natures, our most elegant passions, will one day again be called into the world. Carolyn Forché has always been one of my favorite poets, both for the moral force of her work and the…
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