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Poetry In America

Skyscraper - Carl Sandburg

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Skyscraper - Carl Sandburg

Elisa New considers the rise of the skyscraper-- and the emergence of the modernist poem-- in an episode featuring celebrated architect Frank Gehry, Chinese visionary and real estate developer Zhang Xin, poet Robert Polito, and student poets from around the United States.

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