The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a powerful and poignant memoir from an inimitable voice. Rachel Eliza joins us to talk about poetry, grief, visual arts vs language, vulnerability, the evolution of New York and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books (Episode): The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Seeing the Body by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Sula by Toni Morrison Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Knife by Salman Rushdie