Saeed Jones on ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD
\u201cThis book feels very much\u2026drawing from the Black Saints: Whitney Houston, Paul Mooney, Little Richard, Luther Vandross, almost my own canon, my own tradition, my own history, to make sense of what's happening now. I\u2019m not going back to Homer, necessarily. I'm kind of trying to create a new lineage, because I feel that we've been betrayed by our presented histories.\u201d Saeed Jones joins us on the show to riff on his incredibly personal and indelible new poetry collection\xa0Alive at the End of the World, along with the\xa0pervasiveness of grief,\xa0how both he and his writing have changed since he published his memoir,\xa0what\u2019s up with his new podcast,\xa0Vibe Check, and much more with Poured Over\u2019s host Miwa Messer.
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Featured Books (episode)
Alive at the End of the World\xa0by Saeed Jones
Prelude to Bruise\xa0by Saeed Jones
How We Fight for Our Lives\xa0by Saeed Jones
Furious Cool\xa0by David Henry and Joe Henry
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