Using poetry to shed light on the worst of memories

Peter Balakian’s poetry lets him to grapple with the trauma of history. More

Just over a century ago, the Armenian Genocide saw the expulsion and death of at least 1.5 million people in what was then the Ottoman Empire. Among those affected was Pulitzer-winning poet Peter Balakian’s family, which did its best to repress memories of the tragedy. Balakian used poetry to help him cope as he discovered the trauma of his history, and he joins Jeffrey Brown to explain how.

AIR DATE 5/30/16