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Poets Jennifer Michael Hecht and Matthew Zapruder on Wonder, the Secular Sacred, and the Surprising Power of “Once Upon a Time”

Poets Jennifer Michael Hecht and Matthew Zapruder on Wonder, the Secular Sacred, and the Surprising Power of “Once Upon a Time”

A Conversation on Wonder, the Secular Sacred, Stories, and the Surprising Power of "Once Upon a Time"

By Matthew Zapruder | April 5, 2023

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

“The greatest poems demand change. Maybe we need to change to meet them.”

By Matthew Zapruder | September 13, 2022

‘A Poem for Doom’ <br> A Poem by Matthew Zapruder

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From Father's Day

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What Poetry Can Teach Us About Power

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Political Poems Use Language in a Way Distinct from Rhetoric

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Poetry and Poets in a Time of Crisis

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Matthew Zapruder on How One Imagination Can Activate Another

By Matthew Zapruder | December 6, 2016

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