Living Poetry with Poet Joshua Bennett
SARAH HANSEN: Today on Chalk Radio, living poetry. JOSHUA BENNETT: Yeah, poetry is for everybody, by design. Poetry is also so old. Poetry is first. And so, yeah, I want to tap into that, that ancient thing, that ancient music. SARAH HANSEN: I'm Sarah Hansen. My guest today is Dr. Joshua Bennett, MIT professor of literature and the distinguished chair of the humanities at MIT. He teaches courses on writing, poetry, and society, including the course called Reading Poetry, Social Poetics, which will soon be available on MIT OpenCourseWare. This was truly one of the most impactful conversations I've had since we started the podcast. Joshua has a way of weaving stories and poetry into all of his responses, painting vivid pictures that make the ideas that he shares in this episode so potent and tangible. In our conversation, he brought in his own poetry and even talked about the people he admires that have helped to shape his approach to writing, teaching, living, and ...