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1323: The Ways of Remembering Women by Lynne Thompson

Today’s poem is The Ways of Remembering Women by Lynne Thompson.


Today’s poem is The Ways of Remembering Women by Lynne Thompson.
Last week, our team attended the 2025 AWP Conference in Los Angeles. AWP is the Association of Writers and Writing Programs — the conference is an annual moment to gather together colleagues across the writer world. This week’s episodes include audio we recorded onsite, bringing together many voices, Slowdown style. 
Today’s poem, by Los Angeles’ most recent poet laureate, begins with one of the city's most famous mysteries — and goes on to consider reclaiming the stories of women in this land of reinvention.
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1322: [as freedom is a breakfastfood] by E.E. Cummings

Today’s poem is [as freedom is a breakfastfood] by E.E. Cummings. 




Today’s poem is [as freedom is a breakfastfood] by E.E. Cummings. 
Last week, our team attended the 2025 AWP Conference in Los Angeles. AWP is the Association of Writers and Writing Programs — the conference is an annual moment to gather together colleagues across the writer world. This week’s episodes include audio we recorded onsite, bringing together many voices, Slowdown style. Today’s poem explores our subjectivity, exposing the beauty and the ridiculousness in our impermanence.” The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.  Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp 

1321: The Running of Several Simulations at Once May Lead to Murky Data by Heather Christle

Today’s poem is The Running of Several Simulations at Once May Lead to Murky Data by Heather Christle.


Today’s poem is The Running of Several Simulations at Once May Lead to Murky Data by Heather Christle.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Some might call it fantastical, but in fact, for many, magic is our orientation, or the place where we began as children and never experienced the rupture that befalls most when they become adults.” 
Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

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Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation

Major Jackson wins inaugural Patricia Cannon Willis Prize for American Poetry

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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation

Major Jackson wins inaugural Patricia Cannon Willis Prize for American Poetry

Other APM Podcasts

Truth Be Told

Ripple

The Splendid Table