Finding Poetry in the Mundane

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 14, 2016

Steve Zeitlin, executive director of City Lore and author of The Poetry of Everyday Life: Storytelling and the Art of Awareness (Cornell University Press, 2016), and Sahar Muradi, the Afghan-American poet who curated the Poetic Voices of the Muslim World exhibit at City Lore, share their experiences searching for the often overlooked artistic moments that comprise our day-to-day lives.

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