What is the value of poetry in a fast-moving culture, and why do people continue turning to poems for meaning, memory, and connection? Canadian poet Christina Strigas joins philosophy professor Gwendolyn Dolske and attorney Rudy Salo for a conversation about the cultural importance of poetry, the writing life, grief, love, self-publishing, and the emotions that prose cannot always express.
Christina shares the story behind her collection Love and Metaxa, explains how a single poem can hold the past, present, and future, and reflects on why poetry allows readers to enter another person's story while remembering their own. The conversation also explores attention spans, creative doubt, literary influences, and why poetry still has the power to stop a public moment and make people listen.
Whether you are a poet, journal writer, aspiring author, or curious reader, this episode considers how language helps us make meaning from experience.
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