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“What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” by Edna St Vincent Millay
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Amanda Holmes reads Edna St Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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