Poetry Meets Dance

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Poetry Meets Dance

WUNC | By Shawn Wen,

Published October 15, 2013 at 10:53 AM EDT

The poet found inspiration for her new book 鈥溾€� (Coffee House Press/ 2013) from some unlikely sources: the Zodiac, Dante, the Guinness Book of World Records and Vogue magazine.

In dance, Darst finds a metaphor for Hell, Earth, and Paradise. Host Frank Stasio speaks to Lightsey Darst about dance, writing and her latest work.

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Shawn Wen joined the staff of The State of Things in March 2012 and served as associate producer until February 2014.

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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