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Amanda Holmes reads Nelly Sachs’s “But Maybe God Needs Our Longing,” translated from the German by Stephanie Bastek. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select...
“But Maybe God Needs Our Longing” by Nelly Sachs is an episode from Read Me a Poem. Amanda Holmes reads Nelly Sachs’s “But Maybe God Needs Our Longing,” translated from the German by Stephanie Bastek. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead...
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Published Feb 24, 2026, 3:41 long, audio available.