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Poetry in America. Season 4, Episode 7, Who burns for the perfection of paper /

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Long before he won the National Book Award, Latinx poet Martín Espada worked after school in a factory making legal pads. Espada, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, economists Natasha Sarin, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers, historian Jill Lepore, and actor John Turturro join Elisa New to ref...

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Other Authors: New, Elisa (Director, Screenwriter), Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- (on-screen participant.), Espada, Martín, 1957- (on-screen participant.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2024.
Subjects:
Espada, Martín, > 1957- > Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry.
Manual work > Poetry.
Social mobility > Poetry.
Poésie américaine.
Travail manuel > Poésie.
Mobilité sociale > Poésie.
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Long before he won the National Book Award, Latinx poet Martín Espada worked after school in a factory making legal pads. Espada, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, economists Natasha Sarin, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers, historian Jill Lepore, and actor John Turturro join Elisa New to reflect on social mobility, and what connects manual labor with the raw materials of poetry and law.
Item Description:"With Elisa New".
Physical Description:1 online resource (26 minutes)
Playing Time:00:25:28