{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8439a67e-fc85-41ec-901a-4a33d6d544e1/862c40dd-ce21-4f83-9ce8-4e2da4f20d67?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"“To the Young Who Want to Die” by Gwendolyn Brooks","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61004fe3a4d9fae972ef6d2f/61005026acb3d40012fb3e2f.png?height=200","description":"<p>Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem, “<a href=\"http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/2007/04/to-young-who-want-to-die-by-gwendolyn.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">To the Young Who Want to Die</a>.”&nbsp;Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:podcast@theamericanscholar.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast@theamericanscholar.org</a>. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by&nbsp;<a href=\"http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Water_Birds_Electric_Piano_Preludes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Crouch</a>.</p>","author_name":"The American Scholar"}