Maya C. Popa Reads Brenda Shaughnessy

Maya C. Popa joins Kevin Young to read “ Artless ,” by Brenda Shaughnessy, and her own poem “ The World Was All Before Them .” Popa is the author of “ Wound Is the Origin of Wonder ” and “ American Faith ,” the latter of which won the North American Book Prize. Her third collection, “ If You Love That Lady ,” will be published by W. W. Norton this July. Popa serves as the poetry editor of Publishers Weekly , and teaches in the undergraduate and M.F.A. programs at New York University. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Maya C. Popa Reads Brenda Shaughnessy is an episode from The New Yorker: Poetry by The New Yorker.

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This episode was published on Mar 25, 2026.

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