Weekly Poem: 'Miracle Blanket' by Erika Meitner
Clip: 4/25/2011 | 1m 34s
Erika Meitner reads "Miracle Blanket," a poem from her book, "Ideal Cities."
Erika Meitner is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program. She is also completing her doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. She has published three books of poems: "Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore," "Ideal Cities" and "Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls."
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Weekly Poem: 'Miracle Blanket' by Erika Meitner
Clip: 4/25/2011 | 1m 34s
Erika Meitner is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program. She is also completing her doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. She has published three books of poems: "Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore," "Ideal Cities" and "Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls."
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