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'Elegy for the Disappeared,' By Forrest Gander

The Write Question
Designed by Molly Russell
2021

This week for Honor, Hope and Healing Week, listen to host Lauren Korn read “Elegy for the Disappeared,” by Forrest Gander, which was written in collaboration with Kay Rosen (see “Phantom Limb”). The poem was originally published with the Shelter in Poems initiative on poets.org.

Forrest Gander is the author of several poetry collections, including Be With (New Directions, 2018), winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. He currently serves on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.

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