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Podcast: The New Yorker: Poetry
Episode: Special Feature: Major Jackson reads Clint Smith on The Slowdown
Description: We have a special episode to share with you today of the daily poetry podcast, âThe Slowdown.â âThe Slowdownâ offers a poem and a moment of reflection in short episodes, each weekday. In this episode, host Major Jackson, reads âChaos Theoryâ by Clint Smith. Major writes⌠âOccasionally, I try to follow the series of decisions that led me to this present, however triumphant or painful. My life wavers between fate and destiny. But then again, poetry brings me to the belief that some mysterious force is at work, below, that unveils a spiritually deeper meaning to it all.âIf youâd like to...