Salem Poetry Project featuring Listen to the People

*COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS

This evening we will present “Listen to the People” a long poem for multiple voices by Steven Vincent Benet. Written in early 1941 it discusses American response to Totalitarianism. Benet was an American poet, short story writer and novelist. He won the Pulitzer prize for his book length narrative poem about the American Civil War, John Brown’s Body. He also won the award for his collections of short stories The Devil and Daniel Webster and the Water of Babylon.  For more information:  https://pressplaysalem.com/events/salem-poetry-project-featuring-listen-people/