Tip of the Tongue Episode 240: Museum of the Soon to Depart

Food has been used as a metaphor for sex and sexual attraction in many a song and play and movie. But in poetry it can mean even more. Andy Young uses food, and fruit in particular, in her poems. Her newest collection is Museum of the Soon to Depart, published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. She is also a translator and teacher. We talk about and listen to her poems. It’s on Tip of the Tongue. Get full access to Tip of the Tongue at tipofthetongue.substack.com/subscribe