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WORDS ON A WIRE: Sleeping in the bed of a poet

The Poetry Foundation

  Inspired by guest John Hoppenthaler's poem "Sleeping in Elizabeth Bishop's Bedroom," Words on a Wire host Daniel Chacon reflects on having once slept in the bed of the recently-deceased Poet Laureate Philip Levine.  Does this kind of experience spur any extraordinary creativity?  For Daniel, it did.

Aired Nov. 29, 2015.

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