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Life & Arts

This Is Just To Say: Jane Miller

KUT 90.5 | By Rebecca McInroy

Published May 7, 2019 at 11:15 PM CDT

"I believe language is probably the most powerful thing on earth." -Jane Miller

Poet Jane Miller sat down with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain to talk about her new book, Who Is Trixie the Trasher? and Other Questions.

Listen as Miller reads her poem "May You Always Be the Darling of Fortune" and talks about her work as a teacher of poetry, and why she considers all her poems to be love poems.

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Rebecca McInroy is an award-winning show creator, host, and executive producer for KUT, KUTX, and KUT.ORG.

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