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We have a special episode to share with you today of the daily poetry podcast, “The Slowdown.” “The Slowdown” offers a poem and a moment of reflection in short episodes, each weekday. In this episode, host Major Jackson, reads “Chaos Theory” by Clint Smith. Major writes… “Occasionally, I try to follow the series of decisions that led me to this present, however triumphant or painful. My life wavers between fate and destiny. But then again, poetry brings me to the belief that some mysterious force is at work, below, that unveils a spiritually deeper meaning to it all.”If you’d like to hear more episodes of “The Slowdown,” you can learn more at slowdownshow.org and listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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102 - Special Feature: Major Jackson reads Clint Smith on The SlowdownWed, 24 Apr 2024 - 0h
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101 - José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab NyeWed, 17 Apr 2024 - 0h
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100 - Ada Limón Reads Carrie FountainWed, 20 Mar 2024 - 0h
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99 - Donika Kelly Reads Mary OliverWed, 21 Feb 2024 - 0h
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98 - Richie Hofmann Reads Henri ColeThu, 25 Jan 2024 - 0h
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97 - Bianca Stone Reads Franz WrightWed, 22 Nov 2023 - 0h
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96 - Evie Shockley Reads Rita DoveWed, 18 Oct 2023 - 0h
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95 - Dorothea Lasky Reads Louise BoganWed, 20 Sep 2023 - 0h
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94 - Diane Mehta Reads Eavan BolandWed, 16 Aug 2023 - 0h
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93 - Adrienne Su Reads Maxine KuminWed, 26 Jul 2023 - 0h
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92 - David Baker Reads Stanley PlumlyWed, 21 Jun 2023 - 0h
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91 - Kate Baer Reads Ellen BassWed, 17 May 2023 - 0h
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90 - Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste LewisWed, 19 Apr 2023 - 0h
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89 - Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio RodríguezFri, 30 Sep 2022 - 0h
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88 - Diane Seuss Reads Jane HuffmanWed, 31 Aug 2022 - 0h
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87 - Saeed Jones Reads Deborah DiggesWed, 22 Jun 2022 - 0h
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86 - Eileen Myles Reads Joy HarjoWed, 25 May 2022 - 0h
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85 - Christian Wiman Reads Patrizia CavalliWed, 06 Apr 2022 - 0h
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84 - Amanda Gorman Reads Tracy K. SmithWed, 22 Dec 2021 - 0h
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83 - Aria Aber Reads Frank BidartWed, 24 Nov 2021 - 0h
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82 - Forrest Gander Reads Ada LimónWed, 20 Oct 2021 - 0h
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81 - “To Claim What Has Tried to Claim Me”: A Roundtable on Asian-American PoeticsWed, 05 May 2021
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80 - Toi Derricotte Reads Tracy K. SmithWed, 17 Mar 2021 - 0h
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79 - Margaret Atwood Reads Saeed JonesWed, 16 Dec 2020 - 0h
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78 - Arthur Sze Reads Robert HassWed, 18 Nov 2020 - 0h
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77 - Joy Harjo Reads Sandra CisnerosWed, 16 Sep 2020 - 0h
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76 - Radical Imagination: Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes on Poetry in Our TimesFri, 24 Jul 2020 - 0h
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75 - Clarence Major Reads Billy CollinsWed, 24 Jun 2020 - 0h
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74 - Elisa Gonzalez Reads Czeslaw MiloszWed, 29 Apr 2020 - 0h
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73 - Ben Purkert Reads Jorie GrahamWed, 25 Mar 2020 - 0h
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72 - Kwame Dawes Reads Derek WalcottWed, 26 Feb 2020 - 0h
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71 - Ellen Bass Reads Frank X. GasparWed, 22 Jan 2020 - 0h
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70 - Mary Jo Bang Discusses PurgatorioMon, 23 Dec 2019 - 0h
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69 - Shane McCrae Discusses “Jim Limber in Heaven”Fri, 22 Nov 2019 - 0h
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68 - Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia PlathThu, 31 Oct 2019 - 0h
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67 - Eliza Griswold discusses "First Person"Thu, 19 Sep 2019 - 0h
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66 - Ariel Francisco Reads James WrightWed, 28 Aug 2019 - 0h
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65 - Campbell McGrath Reads Czeslaw MiloszWed, 17 Jul 2019 - 0h
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64 - Natasha Trethewey Reads Charles WrightWed, 19 Jun 2019 - 0h
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63 - Safiya Sinclair Reads Natalie DiazWed, 22 May 2019 - 0h
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62 - Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W.S. MerwinWed, 17 Apr 2019 - 0h
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61 - Peter Balakian Reads Theodore RoethkeWed, 20 Mar 2019 - 0h
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60 - Craig Morgan Teicher Reads Forrest GanderWed, 20 Feb 2019 - 0h
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59 - Deborah Landau Reads Anne SextonFri, 30 Nov 2018 - 0h
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58 - Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant VoigtWed, 17 Oct 2018 - 0h
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57 - Nick Flynn Reads Zoë HitzigWed, 19 Sep 2018 - 0h
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56 - Catherine Barnett Reads Wislawa SzymborskaTue, 21 Aug 2018 - 0h
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55 - Nicole Sealey Reads Ellen BassFri, 27 Jul 2018 - 0h
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54 - Tiana Clark Reads Natasha TretheweyWed, 20 Jun 2018 - 0h
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53 - Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz Discuss “Envelopes of Air”Wed, 23 May 2018 - 0h
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