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8 — Poet Talk about Newness

April 03, 2026 • Sanna Wani

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Episode eight marks a transition! This episode of Poet Talk is just Sanna and she explains why. Learn more about new directions, returning to newsletters, and practical and poetic reasons why this poet, at least, is talking about newness.

⛰️ Another Mountain

💌 The letter a.k.a transcript of this episode "Starlings in Winter"

🐦‍⬛ The poem by Mary Oliver the newsletter is named after

📘 Atomic Habits by James Clear

💌 Harry's beautiful letters

📕 Good Material by Dolly Alderton

📗 All Fours by Miranda July

📓 The Undercommons by Stefano Harvey and Fred Moten

📙 Where Things Touch by Bahar Orang

📝 “If They Should Come for Us” by Fatimah Asghar

🌹 Gulmarg

📝 The poem about soldiers, daisies and a graveyard

If you are reading this, thanks for listening! A secret for you: the next episode will be Poet Talk about Crushes featuring EJ Kneifel. See you then!

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