Facing Death, A Poet Searches For Meaning

Poet and memoirist Christian Wiman has had a rare form of cancer for 18 years. "When death hangs over you for a while, you start to forget about it," he says. Wiman's new book is Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair.

Also, David Bianculli reviews the return of Monk in a new movie on Peacock.

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