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Podcast: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast
Episode: Wrestling With God and Poetry With Philip Metres
Description: Poetry can be intimidating and inaccessible. Why even bother?
Guest Philip Metres is a living reminder that it’s worth it to bother, worth it to wrestle with poetry even when it’s difficult because the power of language is uniquely human and is one of the best parts of being alive.
Phil is a poet, author and professor of English literature at John Caroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He’s the author of ten books and has won fellowships from institutions like the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. As the product of a Jesuit high school...