Poetry: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - PBS Podcast
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A special NewsHour series that couples profiles of contempory poets with reports on news and trends in the world of poetry.
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Poetry Program Gives Prisoners Unexpected Voice
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
For more than 30 years, poet and professor Richard Shelton has traveled to a high security prison in Arizona to run a program that encourages prisoners to write and read poetry.
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Frances Richey's Poetry Speaks to Son's Role as Soldier
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Fri, May 09, 2008
"The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the collection and their unique perspectives on the war.
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Robert Hass Discusses His Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poetry
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Apr 30, 2008
"Time and Materials" by Robert Hass won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, becoming the first book of poetry since 1983 to win both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award. Hass talks about the collection.
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For Hayes, Pittsburgh and Poetry Are No Strangers
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Apr 24, 2008
Terrance Hayes is the author of three books of poetry and is a professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University. He discusses life as a poet in Pittsburgh, "where no one is a stranger," and shares some of his work.
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Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief's Poetic Form, the Elegy
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Apr 10, 2008
Mary Jo Bang is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Washington University. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the pain and grief following the death of her son. She shares two poems from the collection.
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Poetry of Li-Young Lee Is 'Descended from Dreamers'
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Mar 03, 2008
Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents who had been exiled from China. After fleeing the regime of Indonesian President Sukarno in 1959 through Hong Kong, Macau and Japan, his family settled in the United States in 1964. He shares two poems from his recent collection.
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Elizabeth Bishop's Writings Honored by Library of America
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
The Library of America is publishing the collected works and letters of celebrated poet Elizabeth Bishop -- marking the first time it has done so for a woman poet. Two of Bishop's friends discuss and read her work.
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Ashbery Discusses Lifetime of Poetic Achievement
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Dec 31, 2007
Prolific poet and writer John Ashbery has long been honored as one of the country's most important writers. Ashbery shares some of his poetry and talks to the NewsHour about his life and artistic endeavors.
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West Point Professor Seeks Paths to a 'Soldier's Heart'
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Nov 21, 2007
At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Professor Elizabeth Samet's upper level poetry seminar unearths the creative side of soldiers-in-training. Jeffrey Brown looks at Samet's use of poetry and her new book entitled "Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point."
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Poet Reflects on Family and a Trip to the World Series
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Oct 25, 2007
Poet Karen Zaborowski Duffy has been a high school English teacher for 20 years. She's been a Philadelphia Phillies fan for even longer. Although her beloved team is not in this year's World Series, she shares a poem about being at the event years ago with her daughter.
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Seattle Poetry Publisher Finds Method to Adapt to Changing Cultural Times
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Oct 22, 2007
Copper Canyon Press, a Seattle area poetry publishing firm, started out as a small enterprise where employees bound books by hand and sold them out of their cars. Today, government and foundation grants allow the press to bring lesser-known poetry to a wider audience.
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New Poet Laureate Ponders His Craft
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Oct 03, 2007
In August 2007, Charles Simic was named Poet Laureate of the United States. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Simic is the author of 18 books and is a Pulitzer Prize winner. He currently writes for the New York Review of Books and is Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. He answered your questions on the state of poetry today.
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Charles Simic: From Belgrade to Poet Laureate
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Sep 26, 2007
Charles Simic was named Poet Laureate last month by the Library of Congress. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he has authored 18 books and won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer. Simic reflects on his craft.
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Joy Harjo Reflects on the 'Spirit of Poetry'
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Aug 23, 2007
Born into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, Joy Harjo's poetry, song and saxophone music honor the Native American spirit.
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Hunter Discusses Reshaping 'Shopworn' Language
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Jul 09, 2007
Paul Hunter, a poet, musician, instrument-maker, teacher, and editor and publisher, has produced letterpress books and broadsides under the imprint of Wood Works Press in Seattle. He talks about his works.
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Poet Celebrates Family Picnics and 'Great Melting Pot' of Language
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Jul 04, 2007
Poet Gregory Djanikian, director of the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania, reads a poem about how immigrants "might contribute to the great melting pot of the English language."
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Children's Poet Laureate Speaks of Food Fights and Sports
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Fri, May 11, 2007
Jack Prelutsky, named the first children's poet laureate by the Poetry Foundation, which also helps fund the NewsHour's poetry coverage, talks about his young readers and shares some of his works from "Good Sports."
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Trethewey Discusses Poetry Collection
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Apr 25, 2007
Natasha Trethewey recently won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her work about black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. She discusses the collection, as well as her personal ties to the Gulf Coast.
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For Palestinians, Identity Is Regained Through Poetry
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Mar 22, 2007
Poets in the Arab world have historically been important cultural figures, and this tradition continues among Palestinians. In the second of his reports on Middle East poetry, Jeffrey Brown discusses poetry's role in Arab society with three leading Palestinian poets.
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Israel's Poetry Reflects Story of a Nation
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Mar 21, 2007
Poets played a major role voicing the hardships and joys during Israel's founding. Today, the poetry scene is more fractured, much like the land itself. Three prominent Israeli poets reflect on the situation. A follow-up piece will feature Palestinian poets.
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Young's New Poetry Collection Retraces the South
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Mar 01, 2007
Emory University professor and poet Kevin Young has released a collection of poems, titled "For the Confederate Dead," about returning to the South and "wrestling with some of the demons of history and war."
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Married Poets Craft Love Poems by the Clock
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Wed, Feb 14, 2007
Two married poets have taken a new approach to crafting their works, participating in a Web experiment that forces them to write their poems in just 15 minutes. On Valentine's Day, the husband and wife team write love poems to one another via the site.
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Galway Kinnell on the Pleasures of Ordinary Things
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Fri, Dec 15, 2006
Poet Galway Kinnell reads "Why Regret?" a poem from his new book about "engaging ourselves with the common acts, the ordinary things, the other creatures."
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Poet Robert Wrigley Reads Verse About Partisanship
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Nov 06, 2006
Robert Wrigley, Professor of English at the University of Idaho, casts his vote in the county fair building in a peaceful corner of rural Idaho, but that has not enabled him to escape the anger or passion of partisanship.
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Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reflects on Age and Nature
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Mon, Oct 16, 2006
New U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall gives a tour of his New Hampshire farm where he has written poetry for over 30 years. He also reads poems on nature, love and loss, suggests that poetry is becoming more popular and explores the art of saying the unsayable.
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Poet Lucille Clifton Reads A Poem About the Days Surrounding Sept. 11
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Fri, Sep 08, 2006
Free verse poet Lucille Clifton reads "September Songs, A Poem in Seven Days" about the days surrounding Sept. 11, 2001 which included the terrorist attacks and the birth of her granddaughter.
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Poet's New Work Chronicles a Couple's Life
Author: NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Thu, Aug 17, 2006
Poet Alberto Rios reads from his latest book of poetry "The Theater of Night" which follows a couple in a U.S.-Mexico border town through their youth, marriage and thoughtful old age.
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