In this episode, Piatt researcher Sean E. Andres reads and explores Sarah Piatt’s poem “If I Had Made the World,” the poem that spurred his initial interest in her work. “If I Had Made the World” was published in the rare Washington, D.C. newspaper The Capital on 5 Nov. 1876. Our podcast host Elizabeth Renker opens the episode with a short overview of the historical backdrop to the poem.
Recording date: 15 March 2023; date of Renker’s introduction: 20 September 2023
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