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‘There’s a Quiet All Over the World’

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:36:32
Publish Date: 2020-05-13 17:13:13
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Cheryl calls Billy Collins, a former poet laureate of the United States, at his home in Florida. The two reflect on the collective silence — and slowness — that has befallen the world, and they discuss the unexpected comfort in memorizing poetry: "You really internalize this series of lines and bring it into yourself. And it's a part of you then," Billy says.

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