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10 Years After 9/11, a Reading and Conversation with Poet Nancy Mercado

Sep 7, 2011 3:03 PM EDT

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Nancy Mercado reads her poem, “Going to Work,” and talks to Jeffrey Brown about the impact of 9/11.

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