John reads his poem “I have never been an outcast” from his chapbook All the Lonely American Roads. He also discusses peer pressure, the problem with meeting expectations, and the work of Tom Paine.
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 51: Let’s Defy Common Sense