DiscoverPoetry For AllEpisode 92: Dorianne Laux, Singer
Episode 92: Dorianne Laux, Singer

Episode 92: Dorianne Laux, Singer

Update: 2025-05-08
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In this episode, we read and discuss "Singer," a narrative poem that celebrates the poetic speaker's mother in all of her complexity.



Dorianne Laux is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Life on Earth, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of a new craft book titled Finger Exercises for Poets.



“Singer” appears in LIFE ON EARTH by Dorianne Laux. Copyright © 2024 by Dorianne Laux. Used by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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Episode 92: Dorianne Laux, Singer

Episode 92: Dorianne Laux, Singer

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