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Is the World Getting Uglier?

The Ezra Klein Show, 2 October 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 8 min in. Said by Debbie Millman.

Debbie Millman names this anthology as the first of her all-time favorite books, calling it a remarkable collection of 20th-century poetry. She says it is where she first encountered her favorite poem of all time, Charles Olson's "Maximus to Himself," and adds that she named her dog Maximus after it.

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