Sharpen Your Tongue

Episode Five: Another Elegy by Jericho Brown

August 27, 2021 Francesca Capossela and Tory Dickerson Season 1 Episode 5
Episode Five: Another Elegy by Jericho Brown
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Sharpen Your Tongue
Episode Five: Another Elegy by Jericho Brown
Aug 27, 2021 Season 1 Episode 5
Francesca Capossela and Tory Dickerson

"Always be closing,
Said our favorite professor before
He let the gun go off in his mouth"

In our fifth episode, join us for a discussion of "Another Elegy" by 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown.  We talk about sunsets, mountains, and idioms, as well as the form of the elegy and the poem's motto: "always be closing."

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Show Notes

"Always be closing,
Said our favorite professor before
He let the gun go off in his mouth"

In our fifth episode, join us for a discussion of "Another Elegy" by 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown.  We talk about sunsets, mountains, and idioms, as well as the form of the elegy and the poem's motto: "always be closing."

Support the Show.