Poetry is great, right? Why don't we read it more? Poet and professor Kevin Prufer gives us practical ways to start reading poetry and why it's (sometimes) better than fiction.

This episode is all to get us ready for National Poetry Month, where we share a poem a week and the inspiration behind it. 

Check out last year's poems:

• "The Translator" by Kevin Prufer
• "As for the Heart" by Erin Belieu
• "We Be Womxn" by U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo
• Cowboys and "The Dread" by Lydia Leclerc

For more information on Kevin Prufer, our MFA in Creative Writing program (where Kevin is a faculty member), and a transcript, visit our episode page.