In episode seven of The Plaza Podcast, we will hear from Elena Brunn and her piece, "Looking in the Mirror," a collection of poems written from the vantage point of age.

Retired since May 2021 as an adjunct English professor, Elena's been working on a satirical play about academia and a novel about a dance studio in the late '70s. When she was in high school, her beloved teacher had encouraged her to write, but said, "You, Miss Brunn, are not a poet." Since then, she's written over a hundred poems—that she's kept. She dedicates "Looking in the Mirror" to the memory of her teacher.

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