The Power of Poetry with Tracy K. Smith

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Poetry is the kind of art that makes you slow down and pay attention. And we can’t imagine a better guide than Tracy K. Smith. Tracy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the current U.S. Poet Laureate. She is the author of Wade in the Water, her most recent book of poems. She hosts The Slowdown podcast, which is all about seeing the world through poetry. And she is the editor of American Journal: 50 Poems for Our Time. We listen to Lia Purpura read her poem "Proximities." Plus, Aminatou and Ann share the poets and collections they're (re)discovering this year.

Reading list:

Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith

The Slowdown podcast

American Journal: 50 Poems for Our Time

"Proximities" by Lia Purpura

Pome, a poem-a-day email

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend.
0:01.8	A podcast for long distance festies everywhere.
0:04.3	I am Ami Natsuya So.
0:05.7	And I'm Anne Friedman.
0:07.0	We have an incredible poet on the show today.
0:09.9	We have a Pulitzer Prize winning poet.
0:12.1	And also like kind of the poet president,
0:14.6	the reigning US poet, Luriette.
0:17.2	Tracy K. Smith is here.
0:18.7	Call Your Girlfriend.
0:22.7	It's time you had the talk.
0:26.7	Give your reasons.
0:30.7	Say it's not her fault.
0:34.7	Ready you.
0:36.7	Just met somebody new.
0:40.7	Hi, Anne Friedman.
0:42.7	I haven't tried my tea hung on yet.
0:42.7	So we can't talk about it.
0:44.7	I know that you were going to check in, but we just can't check in.
0:46.7	You know, thank you for holding me, holding you accountable.
0:50.7	I just really want to talk about it.
0:54.7	I know.
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