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Sunday Pick: 20th Anniversary celebration with renowned poets Eileen Myles, Elizabeth Alexander, Sarah Kay, and Amber Tamblyn | from Design Matters

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🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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For the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits conversations with renowned poets Eileen Myles, Elizabeth Alexander, Sarah Kay, and Amber Tamblyn. These excerpts reflect on language, identity, memory, and the lived experience that fuels their work. Together, they reveal poetry as an intimate practice that resonates beyond the page.



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0:00.0

Hey, TED Talks Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh. Today, a Sunday pick episode where we share another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, handpicked by us for you.

0:13.7

Yesterday was World Poetry Day, and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate one of the world's most ancient art forms than to share this recent episode

0:21.6

of Design Matters. Host Debbie Millman revisits her conversations with renowned poets

0:27.3

Eileen Miles, Elizabeth Alexander, Sarah Kay, and Amber Tamblin. In the episode, she shares

0:34.2

excerpts from these poets and their work that reflect on language, identity,

0:38.5

memory, and the lived experience that fuels their work. Today, they reveal poetry as an intimate

0:43.9

and profound practice that resonates far beyond the page. You can find episodes of design matters

0:50.4

wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about the TED Audio Collective

0:54.3

at audiocollective.ted.com.

1:00.3

Sometimes I almost remember it like I wrote it

1:07.9

rather than as it happened.

1:09.8

In the DNA of everything you write,

1:11.3

is everything else you're ever going to write?

1:15.9

From the TED Audio Collective,

1:17.8

this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.

1:23.2

On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world

1:26.8

about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about, and working on.

1:32.5

On this episode, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, we'll hear from some of the poets that Debbie has interviewed over the years.

1:41.0

There was an entire part of myself that was dying.

1:44.0

It felt like the whole room was communicating.

1:47.0

There is room for you.

1:49.0

When I interviewed

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