Close Talking

Connor and Jack discuss Emily Jungmin Yoon's poem "Say Grace." They discuss how gender and religion intertwine in the poem, the difficulties immigrant populations face in new oppressive states, and Yoon's particular kind of reclaiming. Check out the poem below or at this link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/144625/say-grace Read more about Yoon here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-jungmin-yoon Read more about Kelly Oliver's Witnessing here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/witnessing Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com. [italics don't show below] Say Grace BY EMILY JUNGMIN YOON In my country our shamans were women and our gods multiple until white people brought an ecstasy of rosaries and our cities today glow with crosses like gravey