Dan Burt is a poet, memoirist, and former lawyer with a fascinating life story. As he recounts in "Every Wrong Direction: An Emigré's Memoir," Burt left behind a rough-and-tumble Philadelphia upbringing where he worked in the family butcher shop, got into fights, struggled to stay in line at school, and witnessed his family's own involvement with the mafia. Years later, following a career in international corporate tax law, the writer has taken to life overseas, written a series of poetry collections, and found an appointment as Honorary Fellow with St. John's College at the University of Cambridge. In this episode of "The Civil Discourse," Burt joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen from Cambridge, England to reflect on these varied life experiences and the lessons they taught him along the way.

Recorded November 3, 2022 through virtual conferencing (Philadelphia, PA, USA). This episode is a production of Marketing & Media, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University.

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