Home / Series / Poetry In America / Aired Order / Season 4 / Episode 7

Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper

Long before he won the National Book Award, Martín Espada worked after school in a factory making legal pads. Espada, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, economists Natasha Sarin, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers, historian Jill Lepore, and actor John Turturro join Elisa New to reflect on social mobility, and what connects manual labor with the raw materials of poetry and law.

English
  • Originally Aired May 13, 2024
  • Runtime 26 minutes
  • Network PBS
  • Created January 9, 2025 by
    Lavabrothers
  • Modified January 9, 2025 by
    Lavabrothers