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Floods, Fires, Storms Fodder for Centuries of Poems

Clip: 7/19/2011 | 3m 11s

Jeffrey Brown and Yang discuss the poetic perspective of the beauty and power of nature.

In a year of floods, fires and storms making headlines around the world, poet and editor Jeffrey Yang chronicles how writers have grappled with the power of nature over the centuries in his new book. Jeffrey Brown and Yang discuss the poetic perspective of the beauty and power of nature.

07/19/2011

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