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importance of poetry
PodcastMentions tracks importance of poetry across 7 linked books, 5 episodes, 2 podcasts, and 9 total mentions.
importance of poetry most often leads to Bright Dead Things, The Hurting Kind, and Devotions. The strongest podcast clusters are The Ezra Klein Show and Modern Wisdom. Guests tied to it include Sheehan Quirke.
Books7
Episodes5
Podcasts2
Mentions9
Podcasts covering this topic
The Ezra Klein Show
8 mentions in this topic
Modern Wisdom
1 mention in this topic
Guests tied to this topic
Sheehan Quirke
1 episode in this topic
Most-mentioned books
Bright Dead Things
Book
2 mentions · 2 episodes · 1 podcast
The Hurting Kind
Ada Limon
2 mentions · 2 episodes · 1 podcast
Devotions
Mary Oliver
1 mention · 1 episode · 1 podcast
ledger
Jane Hirshfield
1 mention · 1 episode · 1 podcast
Nine Gates
Book
1 mention · 1 episode · 1 podcast
Ten Windows. How Great Poems Transform the World.
Book
1 mention · 1 episode · 1 podcast
Verse and Prose in Peace and War
William Noel Hodgson
1 mention · 1 episode · 1 podcast
Episodes in this topic
#1022 - Sheehan Quirke - How Did The Modern World Get So Ugly?
Nov 20, 2025 · 1 mention in this topic
The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities
Oct 21, 2025 · 1 mention in this topic
The Art of Noticing – and Appreciating – Our Dizzying World
Mar 3, 2023 · 3 mentions in this topic
Best Of: How America's Poet Laureate Sees Our World
Dec 30, 2022 · 2 mentions in this topic
A Conversation With Ada Limón, in Six Poems
May 24, 2022 · 2 mentions in this topic