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Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

Season 4 Episode 2
Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

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Poetry in America

About the Episode

Russian-born poet Joseph Brodsky wrote about the centaur as a Cold War self-portrait: a divided global refugee, created by a geopolitics of shifting borders and cultures. Theater of War artistic director Bryan Doerries, writer Yelena Akhtiorskaya, and scholars Sven Birkerts, Zakhar Ishtov, Jonathan Brent, and Joseph Ellis read two poems by Brodsky: one about love; the other, exile.

Aired: 04/07/24 | Expires: 05/06/24 | Runtime: 25m 21s