![]() ![]() We may go to poetry - epic or lyric, old or new - for what cannot change, for a sense of human limits, as well as for the music in its words.Īnd if we want all those things at once - a sense of escape, a sense of injustice, a sense of mortality and an ear for language - we can read the stories of James Tiptree Jr., real name Alice Sheldon. We can go to political fiction to understand injustice in our own time, to see what should change. ![]() We can go to science fiction for its sense of wonder, its power to take us to far-off places and future times. Stephen Burt latest book is the poetry collection, Belmont. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Author James Tiptree Jr. ![]()
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