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Fresh Air
The host recommended reading Reginald Shepard's "Orpheus in the Bronx," praising it as a powerful book on black poetics and a personal hero's work.
Well, one of my favorite poets is Reginald Shepard. He passed away in 2008. He's a brilliant poet. He wrote this beautiful book on black poetics called Orpheus in the Bronx. If there's one book you re...
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The host recommended reading Reginald Shepard's "Orpheus in the Bronx," praising it as a powerful book on black poetics and a personal hero's work.
Well, one of my favorite poets is Reginald Shepard. He passed away in 2008. He's a brilliant poet. He wrote this beautiful book on black poetics called Orpheus in the Bronx. If there's one book you read this year, please read Reginald Shepard's Orpheus in the Bronx.