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WONDER: Childhood, Memory, Listening to the Earth

“It's my past selves that I feel are so intertwined with the experience of moving home and of childhood, that they're inside of us, that they're with us.” Those past selves that the poet Ada Limón speaks of aren't ghosts, they are part of our present. Before we had the words to explain the world, w…

Where does your imagination come from?

Picture this: a pickle with a cowboy hat. It has cute little arms and legs -- let’s make them orange. And this pickle is riding a horse on the beach as the sun sets. #PickleLife, am I right? Now think about this: you just imagined that whole scene in your head!   Imagination can engage every one of…

Voices for the Earth: Sustainability, Nature, and the Changing World

Why do we write? Is it to capture a memory before it vanishes or to build a bridge between the person we are and the stories we've been told? In this episode of The Creative Process, we explore the practice of writing as an awakening and tool for discovery with a group of celebrated poets, novelist…

The Life Underneath

Ada Limón on rejection, moving forward, and what the trees have seen. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Best of Design Matters: Ada Limón

Ada Limón—24th U.S. Poet Laureate and author of seven poetry books, including The Carrying and Bright Dead Things—joins to discuss her new book, Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry, her childhood between two homes, her deep sensitivity to the natural world, and how poetry became a way to make …

Where does your imagination come from?

Picture this: a pickle with a cowboy hat. It has cute little arms and legs -- let’s make them orange. And this pickle is riding a horse on the beach as the sun sets. #PickleLife, am I right? Now think about this: you just imagined that whole scene in your head!   Imagination can engage every one of…

WONDER: Childhood, Memory, Listening to the Earth

“It's my past selves that I feel are so intertwined with the experience of moving home and of childhood, that they're inside of us, that they're with us.” Those past selves that the poet Ada Limón speaks of aren't ghosts, they are part of our present. Before we had the words to explain the world, w…

Ada Limón Lives in 'Vertical Time' in Her Childhood Home

After three years as Poet Laureate, Ada Limón craved a smaller, more private life. Then she saw a sign: her childhood home was for sale. In this episode, Anna and Ada talk about writing, memory, chronic pain and making a life where she started. Ada Limón’s latest book is called Against Breaking: On…

Episode Two: Jillian Stacia on fighting fascism with a feather boa

Join us for our very first guest on the podcast. Jillian Stacia shares a selection of her poems with us, plus tells us about her new poetry collection, ‘Set the Bone’. In this conversation we talk about poetry as a way to tell difficult truths and remain fully alive in an unstable world. We absolut…

Still Sharp: Lulu Miller on the Questions We Stop Asking | Lulu Miller #104

" Real curiosity, untethered, unsoftened, it's a pretty intense tool. And I think the kids haven't blunted the weapon by politeness or by fear of looking dumb or by the belief that there are certain things we should know. It's still sharp." - Lulu Miller Lulu Miller first found the power of questi…