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WORDS ON A WIRE: Poems that Make Grown Men Cry

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  Daniel & Tim talk with Ben Holden, co-author with his father Anthony Holden of the collection "Poems that Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words that Move Them."  Filmmakers, artists, and actors such as Stephen Fry, Nick Cave, Daniel Radcliffe, and Christopher Hitchens are among the 100 men who shared their stories behind the poems that offer up a wellspring of emotions.  https://www.facebook.com/makemencry

Daniel & Tim also talk about the poems that make them emotional.  Tim reads an excerpt from Jimmy Santiago Baca's "Crying Poem," and Daniel shares audio of Corinne Clegg Hales reading her poem "Bigger."

Aired June 21, 2015.

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