In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight Kevin Young, American poet and teacher of poetry and the director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read his full poem "Ode to Midwest" via our <a href='http://getlitanthology.org/poemdetail/110/'>Get Lit Anthology. </a><a rel="payment" href="https://getlit.org/donate/">Support the show</a><a href='https://www.getlit.org/donate'>Support the show</a>

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight Kevin Young, American poet and teacher of poetry and the director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read his full poem "Ode to Midwest" via our Get Lit Anthology. Support the show Support the show

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight Kevin Young, American poet and teacher of poetry and the director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read his full poem "Ode to Midwest" via our <a href="http://getlitanthology.org/poemdetail/110/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Get Lit Anthology.&nbsp;</a><a href="https://getlit.org/donate/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a><a href="https://www.getlit.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

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A weekly podcast focusing on all things poetic, poetry and poets. Each week we will feature a poet and their poem. We will be highlighting classic poets from our In-School Anthology, sharing brief bios on the poet and a spoken word reading of one of their poems. We will also be introducing contemporary poets from the greater poetry community and our own Get Lit poets into the podcast space.

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