The Slowdown

Today we’re bringing you the recording from Slow Take, our live event in Nashville this past April, featuring Major Jackson in conversation with Jad Abumrad and special guest poets Kate Daniels, Mark Jarman, Ciona Rouse and Didi Jackson, as well as singer-songwriter Tia Sillers.

Today’s poem is Us by Zaffar Kunial.

Today’s poem is from "The Crystal Text" by Clark Coolidge.

After two years, two seasons and 443 episodes, Major Jackson is stepping down from the host chair.

Raising poetry to a more visible and influential position in American culture.