Ellen Burstyn on Going for the EGOT With Her Favorite Poems and Being Over ‘The Exorcist’: ‘It’s Enough Already’

Ellen Burstyn is in the running for a Grammy for narrating her poetry collection, “Poetry Says It Better”, which could complete her EGOT. At 93, she would become the oldest person to achieve the distinction, drawing attention to a career spanning stage, film and television.

The audiobook runs for five hours and nine minutes and is shortlisted for best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording. Burstyn already has an Oscar, a Tony, two Emmys and the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion; she says her granddaughter encouraged her to pursue the final award. The collection brings together poems that have supported her through life, including William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus”.