Be True, Episode 4: “It is easier to be earnest,” from For a Minute There, It Seemed Like Something Was Happening.

John reads “It is easier to be earnest,” from his chapbook For a minute there... He discusses his inspiration in New York City in the 90s, the dangers of false optimism, and the poetry of Kurt Cobain.

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 journals. In each episode of Be True, he reads and discusses one of his published poems.

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