Toi Derricotte joins Kevin Young to read “We Feel Now a Largeness Coming On,” by Tracy K. Smith, and her own poem “I give in to an old desire.” Derricotte is a poet, memoirist, and the co-founder, with Cornelius Eady, of the literary organization Cave Canem. Her honors include the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry and the Paterson Poetry Prize for Sustained Literary Achievement; in 2020, she received the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal, for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry.
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Poetry Podcast
Margaret Atwood Reads Saeed Jones
Margaret Atwood joins Kevin Young to discuss “A Stranger,” by Saeed Jones, and her own poem “Flatline.”
Poetry Podcast
Arthur Sze Reads Robert Hass
Arthur Sze joins Kevin Young to discuss “The Problem of Describing Trees,” by Robert Hass, and his own poem “Vectors.”
Dept. of Medicine
How to Die in Good Health
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
By Dhruv Khullar
A Reporter Aloft
Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
They have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Now a variety of companies are building them—or something close.
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus