Stage. Hello everyone. All of the sponsoring agencies and people. Ind host in introducer here for todays special reading and conversation. Im just explain that to you. Them i any book fair knows a good thing when it sees one. To close out the Poetry Program we are back for the third incarnation of a now a regular event. With two past poets. Today, we will hear from two writers who have managed to create major bodies of poetic work while maintaining a steady output of critical writing. Literary essays. Reflections on art, poetry in life. Thinking is very important. For whom consciousness in all of its mysterious workings is often a primary suspect. Is not to say that they reside in a purely intellectual realm. To the contrary, he has been described as a lyrical virtuoso. To the famous onion soup. While charles cynic with one of his essays. They talk about food. In the world. It is food for the body and nourishment for the mind. Hopefully they would be largely fueled by your questions. I
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Earthquake. We will speak to a reporter at the times of london who exposed the scandal plus the head of the coalition against trafficking in women and the haitian writer Edwidge Danticat in miami. Then we look at the role of army junior reserve officer Training Corps program after nikolas cruz, a former jrotc cadet, carried out one of the Deadliest School shootings in u. S. History. Cruz was on the schools jrotc team when it received a 10,000 grant from the nra. All of that a more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Syrian Government is continuing its deadly barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire against the rebelheld enclave of eastern ghouta, outside the capital damascus, with aid workers reporting at least 2 people have beenilled over the last 48 hours. Many of the victims are women and children. On tuesday, the Charity Unicef released a nearly blank statement on the killings, writing no words will do justice to t