Episode Synopsis "Carl Phillips"

St. Louis poet and professor Carl Phillips, author of 16 books, talks about how to rework your poem, how to improve sound in your poem, shares a writing prompt, and reads two of his poems: Musculature, and Is It True All Legends Once Were Rumors. Maryfrances Wagner, Missouri's sixth poet laureate, conducts the interview.

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