Oct 19, 2023
“There is an understanding that between humans we have this one
thing called language and it brings us - or can bring us -
together.” Writer and poet Lynne Thompson talks with hosts Aida
Baghernejad and Tom Zoellner about her journey to becoming a poet,
the role of “truth“ in poetry and its meaning for democracy. Lynne
Thompson is the 2021-2022 Poet Laureate for the City of Los
Angeles, and her poetry collections include Beg No
Pardon (2007), Start With A
Small Guitar (2013),
and Fretwork (2019). Her work has appeared
in Ploughshares, Poetry, Poem-