842: Zelda Fitzgerald
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Today\\u2019s poem is Zelda Fitzgerald by Aria Aber. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cWe have a long history in American poetry of dramatic monologues, of taking on a character in our own expression. Lately, however, I\\u2019ve had trouble working out the ethics of portraying someone other than myself. And yet, as one poet says, the dramatic monologue has been an important tool in recuperating silenced voices. Today\\u2019s phenomenal poem does just that. It avoids what my friend Akshya calls the \\u201cperformance of marginality\\u201d by portraying a full, interior life of a woman writer, whose story of mental illness often eclipses her genius.\\u201d Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp
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