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Laura Villareal — My Worries Have Worries
FromPoetry Unbound
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
If you were to use a metaphor for your worries, what metaphor would you turn to? Here, the worries have worry babies of their own. And they look back at the poet. What do they see? Laura Villareal is the author of Girl’s Guide to Leaving (University of Wisconsin Press 2022), The Cartography of Sleep (Nostrovia! Press 2018), and Poems to Carry in Your Pocket (L'Éphémère Review 2018). Villareal interviews writers for the series “Writers Talking about Anything But Writing” at F(r)iction.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We’re pleased to offer Laura Villareal’s poem, and invite you to connect with Poetry Unbound throughout this season.Pre-order the forthcoming book Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World and join us in our new conversational space on Substack.
Released:
Nov 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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