{"id":9406,"date":"2016-02-01T18:50:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T22:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9406"},"modified":"2017-10-19T21:32:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T01:32:20","slug":"episode-153-rachel-hadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-153-rachel-hadas","title":{"rendered":"Episode 153 &#8211; Rachel Hadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show #153:<br \/>\nRachel Hadas<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7519\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9406-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9406-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never felt so happy, but I&#8217;ve never felt so mortal.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nupress.northwestern.edu\/content\/questions-vestibule\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9408\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9408\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-153-rachel-hadas\/41jsxgwssyl-_sx358_bo1204203200_\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=360%2C499\" data-orig-size=\"360,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1,204,203,200_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=360%2C499\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9408\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=200%2C277\" alt=\"41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"200\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=317%2C440 317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41jSXgwsSYL._SX358_BO1204203200_.jpg?w=360 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Poet <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelhadas.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Hadas<\/a> returns to the show to talk about her new books, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1941550282\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1941550282&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=62QRSJH7ZRKVDADL\" rel=\"nofollow\">Talking To The Dead<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1941550282\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Spuyten Duyvil Press), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0810133172\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0810133172&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=DIHMZVGKWQCQDXVE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Questions in the Vestibule<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0810133172\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Northwestern University Press). It&#8217;s been two years since we last talked (<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-consolation-of-poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over here<\/a>), so I had plenty of questions for her. How did she rebuild her life\u00a0after losing her husband to early onset dementia? How did she wind up pals with James Merrill (and what&#8217;s her take on his Ouija poems)? What do we lose and gain in the act of translation? And how did she become a love poet after spending her career writing elegies? <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen in to find out!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like Forster said, there&#8217;s a sense that the great poets are sitting at a table, synchronically all writing at the same time.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spuytenduyvil.net\/talking-to-the-dead.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9409\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9409\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-153-rachel-hadas\/515ik7qpal-_sx337_bo1204203200_\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/515iK7qPaL._SX337_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=339%2C499\" data-orig-size=\"339,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"515iK7+qPaL._SX337_BO1,204,203,200_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/515iK7qPaL._SX337_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=339%2C499\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9409\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/515iK7qPaL._SX337_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=200%2C294\" alt=\"515iK7+qPaL._SX337_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"200\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/515iK7qPaL._SX337_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=299%2C440 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/515iK7qPaL._SX337_BO1204203200_.jpg?w=339 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>You should check out this extra material\u00a0from our conversation: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/150060051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backdrop: Merrill in Stonington<\/a>, a video essay Rachel made with her husband, Shalom Gorewitz, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/publications\/art-empathy-celebrating-literature-translation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of Empathy: Celebrating\u00a0Literature in Translation<\/a>, a collection of essays commissioned by the\u00a0National Endowment for the Arts. Also, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/love-of-translations-translations-of-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post I wrote about translating Tolstoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m at a point in my career where I feel fortunate to be able to publish what I&#8217;m writing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, if you want to find out who she&#8217;s reading nowadays and get a list of the books we talked about, <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">join our Patreon<\/a> and become a monthly contributor to <em>The Virtual Memories Show!<\/em> At the end of February, the new episode of our patron-only podcast, <a href=\"http:\/\/fearofasquareplanet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fear of a Square Planet<\/a>, will go up with a bonus segment about who Rachel&#8217;s reading lately and why.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7520\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9406-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9406-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_153_-_Rachel_Hadas.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-consolation-of-poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Hadas 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-much-abides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashton Applewhite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-123-the-hidden-wish-of-words\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Langdon Hammer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-136-j-d-mcclatchy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandy McClatchy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-151-harold-bloom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harold Bloom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-magnificent-seven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willard Spoiegelman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rachelhadas.net\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9410\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9410\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-153-rachel-hadas\/img_2003-1\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2003 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-1.jpeg?fit=525%2C394\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-9410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"IMG_2003 (1)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-1.jpeg?resize=620%2C465 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-1.jpeg?resize=440%2C330 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-1.jpeg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelhadas.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Hadas&#8217;s<\/a> book of selected prose pieces, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1941550282\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1941550282&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=62QRSJH7ZRKVDADL\" rel=\"nofollow\">Talking To The Dead<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1941550282\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, was published by Spuyten Duyvil Press in 2015. Her new book of poems, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0810133172\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0810133172&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=DIHMZVGKWQCQDXVE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Questions in the Vestibule<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0810133172\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, is forthcoming (April 2016) from Northwestern University Press, which will also publish her verse translations of Euripides&#8217; dramas Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia Among the Taurians. The author of a score of books of poetry, essays, and translations, Hadas is Board of Governors Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. She and her husband, artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplatingcolor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shalom Gorewitz<\/a>, have been working on marrying poetry and video; some of their collaborative work, including <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/150060051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a piece about James Merrill<\/a>, can be seen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelandshalomshow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rachelandshalomshow.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by David Baerwald, used with permission of the artist. The conversation was recorded at Ms. Hadas&#8217; home on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. All photos of Ms. Hadas by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplatingcolor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shalom Gorewitz<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show #153: Rachel Hadas &#8220;I&#8217;ve never felt so happy, but I&#8217;ve never felt so mortal.&#8221; Poet Rachel Hadas returns to the show to talk about her new books, Talking To The Dead (Spuyten Duyvil Press), and Questions in the Vestibule (Northwestern University Press). 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