SOF FIRST PERSON (audio) | Repossessing Virtue: Katie Ford on Poetry, Katrina, and Wasting One's Life

Summary: Poet Katie Ford lived through the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the financial and social crisis that ensues. For her, this economic crisis is an opportunity to reevaluate what's truly worthy of trust and faith. And, she says, it's the poetry of James Wright, a man who lived through the Great Depression that helps her put the current economic climate in perspective.