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After two years, two seasons and 443 episodes, Major Jackson is stepping down from the host chair. 


A Farewell to Major Jackson

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1351: [encore] The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi

Today’s poem is The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi. 


Today’s poem is The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi. 

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem walloped me with its authentic intelligence. Even in her grief, this poem’s speaker envisions her situation from a different perspective. This poem imagines so artfully, I think you’ll want to revisit it a second time, and then a third. That is the power of authentic intelligence.” 

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1350: [encore] Real Estate by Richard Siken

Today’s poem is Real Estate by Richard Siken. 


Today’s poem is Real Estate by Richard Siken. 

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem unpacks some of what happens when families change, because of death or divorce or other upheavals. I admire the way it looks not only at the variables—what must necessarily change—but also at the constants.” 

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1349: [encore] Sati by Vandana Khanna

Today’s poem is Sati by Vandana Khanna.


Today’s poem is Sati by Vandana Khanna. 

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem is a persona poem from the point of view of a Hindu goddess, Sati. The practice of a widow throwing herself on her husband’s funeral pyre is named after Sati, who, in this poem, gets to speak. I think you’ll be moved by what she has to say.” 

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