Words on a Wire

Cyrus Cassells


Listen Later

Daniel & Ben talk with Cyrus Cassells, author of the new poetry collection, "Crossed-Out Swastika," which features poems told from the perspective of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Cyrus explains how a trip to Auschwitz and a chance meeting with a Holocaust survivor inspired the poems. The poems are written in couplets to reflect the silence he felt was needed in the poems.
Cyrus Cassells will read this week's Poem of the Week, a new work entitled "Jasmine."
Performance poet Viva Flores delivers a Poetic License unlike any heard before on this program!
...and Ben & Daniel reflect on the pros & cons of Facebook.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Words on a WireBy Words on a Wire

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

11 ratings


More shows like Words on a Wire

View all
Pivot by New York Magazine

Pivot

9,522 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,376 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,472 Listeners

Huberman Lab by Scicomm Media

Huberman Lab

29,176 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,144 Listeners

Way of the Hermit by Dr. David Brown & Gene Lawson

Way of the Hermit

16 Listeners