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Weekly Poem: 'Prayer for the Hanoi Man Who Waits for...

Clip: 12/5/2011 | 1m 10s

Jennifer Richter reads "Prayer for the Hanoi Man Who Waits for Breakdowns on His Block."

Jennifer Richter is author of the collection, "Threshold," winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition.

12/05/2011

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