{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64dea0c3156644001135fc74/673803c896b35bc459ff8020?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"22. Censorship & Controversy - \"the mother\" by Gwendolyn Brooks","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64dea0c3156644001135fc74/1731724180387-b97211c9-5811-4a65-8480-3e10cf9423e3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>CONTENT WARNING: Abortion</p><p><br></p><p>Today I'll be addressing a heavy but beautiful poem by Gwendolyn Brooks, \"<a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43309/the-mother-56d2220767a02\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the mother</a>.\" Some say it's a pro-, some say it's an anti-abortion poem. It's actually neither -- rather, it's a good example of what the role of the poet is in the middle of controversy, hatred, judgment, peril, and political divide.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Used/Reprinted by Consent of </em></strong><a href=\"https://www.gwendolynbrooks.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Brooks Permissions</em></strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Producer Gustav Worm-Leth</p><p>Outro <a href=\"https://yentltijssens.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yentl Tijssens</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Preston Losack"}