Poetry Anthologies

Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast by Avalon

Apr 15, 202659:55Arts

Frank celebrates the joys of wallowing in a big fat poetry anthology, in this case "A Century of Poetry in the New Yorker: 1925-2025". The poems referenced are “My Great-Grandmother’s Bible” by Spencer Reece and “How to...

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