Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Charles Taylor joins in to discuss his new book, Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment

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Image by Caspar David Friedrich, public domain. Image cropped.

Intro music by Jack Bauerlein. 

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