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The Poet and The Poem
Refresh your life with THE POET AND THE POEM. Hear America’s most beloved poets in reading and conversation. Award winning poet/host Grace Cavalieri presents poets reading their work and talking about their art. After 41 years consecutive on public radio, cited by The Encyclopedia of Broadcasting for longevity, THE POET AND THE POEM has made history for one reason: It’s powerful. Voted top in the nation for ENTERTAINMENT IN MEDIA by The National Commission On Working Women, ALL NEW 30-minute…
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Maria Lisella
Poetry Laureate of Queens, born and bred a New Yorker, interesting poetry and talk.
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Taylor Johnson
Author of "INHERITANCE," poet in residence at the Guggenheim Museum, a star in the poetry world.
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Pat Valdata
Author of the history of women pilots from the 18th century to date in poetry: "WHERE NO MAN CAN TOUCH."
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Esperanza Hope Snyder
Esperanza Hope Snyder: poetry in Spanish and English, plus Snyder's novels, plays and screenwriting.
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Joel Dias Porter
Formerly, a noted "D.J.," and chess champion, a New Jersey poet premiers his new book, "Ideas of Improvisation."
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Kira Thurman
Kira Thurman is the winner of the Marfield National Book Award for "Writing In The Arts."The prize book is "Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians In The Land…
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Barbara Quick
Poet/celebrated novelist ("Vivaldi's Virgins") premiers new novel, "What Disappears."
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Stewart Moss
Maryland poet is author of a new book, "For Those Whose Lives Have Seen Themselves."
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Samuel Peralta
Scientist/poet is sending poetry and art to the moon in LUNAR CODEX.
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Annie Finch
The legendary Annie Finch is known as "poetry witch" with her spells, chants, and lullabies.
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Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Director of the N.J. Paterson Poetry Center, poet/painter/teacher.
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Miho Kinnas
A poet and translator of Japanese poetry with cross cultural perspectives.
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Vailes Shepperd
This debut novel features a mother with multiple personalities on a backdrop of African American folklife.
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George Ella Lyon
Former Kentucky Poet Laureate teaches how to tell the truth in poetry.
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Eva Brann
Philosopher Brann celebrates writing two groundbreaking books this year at age 93.
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Thomas Sayers Ellis
Poet, Photographer, Musician, premieres his new book CRANK SHAPED NOTES.
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J.P. Dancing Bear
The editor of VERSE DAILY has 16 books of his poetry; and 15,000 poems written to others on Facebook.
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Anne Harding Woodworth
A study in beauty and form, Anne shows the lyric in poetry.
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Willie Perdomo
New York state's new Poet Laureate brings awards to Latin Hip Hop poetry.
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David Keplinger
Award- winning David Keplinger premieres a new book, "The World To Come."
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Sandra Yannone
Producer of "Cultivating Voices" reads from her debut collection "Boats For Women."
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Rion Amilcar Scott
Award winning fiction writer and author of short stories reads and discusses his work.
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Jeanne Murray Franklin
A daughter collects a Family Book of Memory to bring her Mother alive.
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Sandra Beasley
Beasley's new book is "Ready to Explode." She hold 12 poetry awards.
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Fleda Brown
Fleda Brown's tenth collection of poems, Flying Through a Hole in the Storm (2021) won the Hollis Summers Prize from Ohio University Press. Earlier poems can…
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Terri Cross Davis
The author of two award-winning books of poems, the latest, "A More Perfect Union."
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Y S Fing
Y S Fing is the author of "Perdition," where the vulgar is divine, updating Dante's "Inferno."
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Maggie Doherty
Maggie Doherty is winner of the 15th National Marfield Award for Writing in The Arts (nonfiction) "The Equivalents."
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Jehanne Dubrow
Raised by Diplomats, author of nine books of poems; holds 12 national awards in poetry.
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Jona Colson and Caroline Bock
Editors of Washington Writers' Publishing House Anthology, "This Is What America Looks Like."
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Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov was Poet Laureate of the U.S .from 1963 -1964 and again from 1988-90.He was the recipient of the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Bollingen…
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Francisco Aragon
Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. His books include, After Rubén (Red Hen Press 2020), Glow of Our Sweat, and Puerta de Sol. He's also the…
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Didi Menendez
Didi (Dulce) Menendez is a Cuban-born American publisher and digital artist. Her publications are scheduled to be archived on the moon by Dr. Samuel Peralta's…
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Henry Crawford
Henry Crawford, lawyer, software engineer, videographer, is author of two poetry collections, American Software 2017 Books and The Binary Planet, 2020.
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John Doe
John Doe co-founded LA punk band X, still an active member. Doe's a singer, songwriter, actor, poet, guitarist and bass player.
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Terrence Winch
Novelist, poet, musician,Terrence Winch is the author of the young adult novel SEEING-EYE BOY and is a leading figure in the Irish music world.
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Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is the author of the bestselling novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Penguin Press (2019), forthcoming in 30 languages. He received the…
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Carolyn Forche
Carolyn Forche is one of America's greatest living poets. She created the phrase, "poetry of witness," and here reads from her new memoir about witnessing the…
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Ned Balbo
Ned Balbo reads his poems in every form: pantoum, sonnet, ghazal, villanelle, blank verse.
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Singing in The Dark: Poetry's Response To The Pandemic
The Poet and The Poem premieres PENGUIN Anthology, "Singing in The Dark: Poetry's Response To The Pandemic."
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Mecca Verdell
Mecca "Meccamorphosis" Verdell is the winner of the 2020 DC Poet Project, and her debut collection, Things to Unlearn, is forthcoming 2021 from Day Eight.
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Kim Roberts
Literary historian/poet Kim Roberts is the editor of By Broad Potomac's Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of our Nation's Capital (University of Virginia…
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Linda Joy Burke
Maryland's Howard County Women's Hall of Fame honors Burke's poetry, fiction, op-ed columns, reviews, profiles and feature stories.
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Barbara Quick
Barbara Quick is a California poet and author of historical novels.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Maxine Kumin
New England Poetry Consultant to The Library of Congress 1981-1982, was renamed U.S. Poet Laureate in 1986.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Carl Sandburg
This Illinois poet held three pulitzer prizes, two for poetry and one for the biography of Abraham Lincoln.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - James Dickey
This Georgia poet was named US POET LAUREATE in 1966 - known for his sweeping poetic vision and and eccentric poetic styles.
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Carolyn Joyner
Carolyn Joyner, a Washington, DC poet, examines life's themes in her work through the use of contemporary and traditional form.
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Jeffrey Coleman
Jeffrey LaMar Coleman is a poet and a scholar of African American music and poetry.
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Omowole Jesse N. Alexander
Poet Omowole Jesse N. Alexander holds a Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from Howard University.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Warren
In 1986 Congress designated the term U.S. Poet Laureate to all Poetry Consultants. Warren was the first to be designated. Also, Robert Penn Warren was the 3rd…
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton was a poet and educator; she was formerly Maryland's poet laureate.and holds the National Book Award for poetry.