John reads his poem “Lesson” from his collection The Americans. He also discusses the emancipation of dance, creativity, and sex, and the challenges of finding some peace in a time of egotism.
John Tessitore has been a journalist and biographer. He has taught history and literature at colleges around Boston and directed national policy studies on education and civil justice. He serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of books and journals. In each episode of Be True, he reads and discusses one of his published poems.
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Be True, Episode 59: Now Free With Me