Marie Howe went from eldest of nine in Rochester, to winning a Pulitzer Prize last year. Lucia Perillo was a wildlife biologist and park ranger, and later a MacArthur genius—writing about MS with more jokes than most poets manage about anything. This week’s Duel puts What the Living Do head-to-head with Inseminating the Elephant—Who wins? Tune in and see whose lines land the strongest!

At the table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.