Episode #165 Self-Interrogation from DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW. w/Special Guest Noor Hindi

Connor and Jack are joined by poet, essayist, and journalist Noor Hindi. They dig into the poem "Self Interrogation" the first poem in Hindi's new collection DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW. coming out on 5/31 from Haymarket Books. She discusses the inspiration behind some of the poems in the book, the significance of the color yellow, and the importance of having a variety of experiences and perspectives in newsrooms.

Learn more about Noor Hindi, here: https://noorhindi.com/

Get a copy of DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW., here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1871-dear-god-dear-bones-dear-yellow

Self Interrogation

By: Noor Hindi

At the airport terminal, a woman is crying.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me, I --

Need to focus. On something besides.

The ruse of migration. Lights so loud.

The unending sound. Of a newscaster's voice.

Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Mother. Please, forgive

me. I want to call in dead. Last week,

there was a child in a yellow dress reading a poem.

For minutes on end, I could not be indifferent

to anything. Not the grass, dying yellow.

Not the bombs, twisting limbs. Not the gates.

Not the--Yes. There is a woman crying

at terminal six. Yes, I think of the child.

The tiny silver heart she placed in my palm.

How I threw it in the trash, seconds later.

But I promise. I promise. I promise. I --

meant it as an act of survival. Maybe love.

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