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Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.

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Carolyn Forché Reads Mahmoud Darwish

September 30, 2026

Kevin Young (0:04)

Hi, you're listening to the New Yorker Poetry Podcast. I'm Kevin Young, Poetry Editor of The New Yorker Magazine.

On this program, we invite a poet to select a poem from the New Yorker Archive to read and discuss. Then, they read one of their own poems that's been published in the magazine. My guest today is Carolyn Forché, a poet, translator, editor and activist. She is the author of six poetry collections, including most…

Carolyn Forché (0:59)

Thank you very much for having me.

Kevin Young (1:02)

The first poem you've chosen to read is The Owl's Night by Mahmoud Darwish, translated from the Arabic by Jeffrey Sacks. What was it about this poem that caught your eye when you were looking through the archives?

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