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Saddiq Dzukogi — Learning about Constellations
FromPoetry Unbound
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
A man whose baby daughter has died turns to stars, mythology, and imagination for solace. There, he encounters what might help, a little. Saddiq Dzukogi is a poet and professor of English at Mississippi State University. He is the author of Your Crib, My Qibla (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), and winner of the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. Dzukogi is completing a PhD in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We’re pleased to offer Saddiq Dzukogi’s poem, and invite you to connect with Poetry Unbound throughout this season.Pre-order the forthcoming book Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World and join us in our new conversational space on Substack.
Released:
Oct 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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