Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We’re hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us — and in our children — and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times. Segment 1Words That Shimmer with Elizabeth Alexander“Elizabeth Alexander — Words That Shimmer” from On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being with Krista Tippett. Track 1. Genre: Public Radio. https://www.nourfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/01-Words-That-Shimmer-with-Elizabeth-Alexander.mp3 July 28, 2011 Words That Shimmer August 4, 2011 Sidling up to Difference August 11, 2011 Listening Beyond Life and Choice August 18, 2011 Restoring Political Civility August 25, 2011 Civility, History, and Hope September 1, 2011 Alive Enough? Sponsors MorePREVIOUS EVENTWho am I? Beyond ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’NEXT EVENTSidling up to Difference