News at Eleven: "Poetry holds the knowledge that we

are alive and that we know we're going to die," says [Marie] Howe. "The most mysterious aspect of being alive might be that--and poetry knows that."

Howe is the author of What the Living Do, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time and The Good Thief. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia and New York University.

Excerpt: 'The Kingdom Of Ordinary Time'

After the Movie

from NPR: Books: Poet Marie Howe On 'What The Living Do' After Loss

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