Clint Smith reads his poem, “Ode to Those First Fifteen Minutes After the Kids Are Finally Asleep.” This poem is featured in Clint’s On Being conversation with Krista, “What We Know in the ‘Marrow of Our Bones.’” Find more of his poems, along with our full collection of poetry films and readings from two decades of the show, at Experience Poetry.
Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and many other honors. His poetry collections are Counting Descent and Above Ground.
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[Unedited] Jen Bailey with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Brian Greene with Krista Tippett – 2021 Conversation
Esther Perel – The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death
[Unedited] Esther Perel with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Jason Reynolds with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Alex Elle with Liliana Maria Percy Ruiz
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[Unedited] Nicholas Christakis with Krista Tippett
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[Unedited] Robert Macfarlane with Krista Tippett
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