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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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Ann Bracken
Ann Bracken is a poet and activist for mental health and prison reform.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - William Meredith
Pulitzer Prize Winner William Meredith was the 34th Poet Laureate of the United States, 1978-1980, whose formal and unadorned verse was compared to that of…
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Hass
Robert L. Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Louise Bogan
Louise Bogan was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. Throughout her life she…
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Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, and worked as a speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in literature and creative…
The Poet and The PoemGrace Cavalieri on Writing: The Energy of Poetry, Part 3
...not the letter of the law (writing poetry) but the spirit...
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Danuta Kosk-Kosicka
Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka is the author of two collections: Face Half-Illuminated (Apprentice House, 2015) and Oblige the Light (CityLit Press, 2015), winner of…
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Jody Bolz
Jody Bolz is the author of A Lesson in Narrative Time (Gihon Books, 2004), the novella-in-verse Shadow Play (Turning Point, 2013), and a new collection, The…
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Andrew Stott
Andrew McConnell Stott is the winner of the 14th National Marfield Prize for Writing In The Arts with his book, What Blest Genius?
The Poet and The PoemJosephine Jacobsen
Josephine Jacobsen was a Canadian-born American poet, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She was appointed the twenty-first Poet Laureate Consultant in…
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Robert Hayden
Grace Cavalieri presents 20th Century Poets with minute commentaries. This includes Hayden reading his Immortal poem Those Winter Sundays. Robert Hayden was an…
The Poet and The PoemGrace Cavalieri on Writing: The Energy of Poetry, Part 2 "Responsibility and Self Esteem"
What are our responsibilities as writers? What keeps us going? What is self esteem?
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Grace Cavalieri on Writing: The Energy of Poetry, Part 1"The Tribe"
How do we access poetry? How do we harvest memory?
The Poet and The PoemRobert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky was named US Poet Laureate 1997-2000. He's a poet, essayist, critic, dramatist, and teacher. He's the acclaimed Dante translator.
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Robert Earl Price in Concert
Robert Earl Price holds the American Film Institute's William Wyler award for screenwriting, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry and a…
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Robert Earl Price
For over four decades, Robert Earl Price has amassed writing credits in fiction, drama and poetry. His many awards include The TCG/NEA Playwright's Residency…
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Stanley Kunitz
Grace Cavalieri's commentary on Stanley Kunitz, appointed US Poet Laureate 1974 and 2000.
The Poet and The Poem20th Century Poet Commentaries - Rita Dove
The first in our series is Rita Dove, appointed US Poet Laureate, 1993.
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Grace Cavalieri on Writing: Sensual Aspects of the Poem
Grace Cavalieri talks about the sensual aspect of the poem.
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Grace Cavalieri on Writing: "Intuition in writing poetry"
A Poet Laureate Series
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Grace Cavalieri on Writing: "CHARACTER" in the Poem
A Poet Laureate Series. Grace Cavalieri discusses THE DRAMATIC POEM in this Poet Laureate Series about Writing. Today's conversation talks about "Character" in…
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George Bilgere
George Bilgere has published six collections of poetry, including Imperial (2014);The White Museum(2010), which was awarded the Autumn House Poetry Prize…
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Meg Eden
Meg Eden's work is published or forthcoming in magazines including Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Crab Orchard Review, RHINO and CV2. She teaches creative…
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Brother Yao Hoke Glover III
Bro. Yao(Hoke S. Glover III) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies at Bowie State University. His poetry…
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Doritt Carroll
Doritt Carroll is a native of Washington, DC. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University. Her poems have appeared or are…
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Lauren Alleyne
Lauren K. Alleyne is the author of two collections of poetry, Difficult Fruit (Peepal Tree Press 2014), and Honeyfish (New Issues & Peepal Tree, 2019). Her…
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Temple Cone
Temple Cone is the author of four books of poetry:Guzzle, That Singing, The Broken Meadow (winner of the Old Seventy Creek Poetry Press Series Prize), and No…
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Garrett Brown
Garrett J. Brown’s first book of poems, Manna Sifting, won the Liam Rector First Book Prize from Briery Creek Press in 2009, and his chapbook, Cubicles, was…
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Shirley Brewer
Shirley J. Brewer (Baltimore, MD) graduated from careers in bartending and speech therapy. She serves as poet-in-residence at Carver Center for Arts &…
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Write Blend Poetry Collective
The Write Blend Poetry Circle was officially formed in 2018, when six named poets agreed to become part of a larger collaborative to bring cultural diversity…
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Pamela Murray Winters
Pamela Murray Winters is the author of The Unbeckonable Bird, a poetry collection published by FutureCycle Press in 2018. She has an MFA in poetry from Vermont…
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Barbara DeCesare
Barbara DeCesare is a graduate of the Goddard College MFA-W program. She is the author of jigsaweyesore (Anti-Man Press), Adrift (Seventh Wave), and Silent…
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Jane Clarke
Irish poet, Jane Clarke's first collection, The River, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015 to public and critical acclaim. Her second book-length…
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Rob Richmond
A life-long musician, writer, and creative, Rob spent most of his childhood reading comic books, playing games, and making music. Graduated from the University…
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Mervyn Taylor
Mervyn Taylor, a Trinidad-born poet and longtime Brooklyn resident, has taught at Bronx Community College, The New School and in the New York City public…
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Natwar Gandhi
Natwar Gandhi served Washington, DC, as tax commissioner and independent chief financial officer. This book narrates his journey from a primitive Indian…
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Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is a poet, musician, and author. She is also the first Native American United States Poet Laureate. She is an important figure in the second wave of…
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Nancy Mitchell
Nancy Mitchell is a Pushcart Prize recipient and the author of The Near Surround, Grief Hut, and The Out-of-Body Shop, and co-editor of Plume Interviews 1. Her…
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Celeste Doaks
Poet and journalist Celeste Doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields(Wrecking Ball Press, UK, 2015). She is also the editor of (and contributor in)…
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Linda Pastan
Linda Pastan grew up in New York City, graduated from Radcliffe College in 1954, and received an MA from Brandeis University. She has published 15 volumes of…
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Wendy Lesser
Wendy Lesser is the founder and editor of the Threepenny Review and the author of a novel and several previous books of nonfiction, including Why I Read…
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David Gewanter
David Gewanter is author of four books of poetry: Fort Necessity (Spring 2018), War Bird (2009), The Sleep of Reason (2003), and In the Belly (1997),all…
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Xuhua Liang
Dr. Xuhua Liang was born in a beautiful island in the southern China: Xiamen (Amoy), Fujian Province. During the political turmoil of Chinese Culture…
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Erica Wright
Erica Wright is the author of the poetry collections All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned (Black Lawrence Press) and Instructions for Killing the Jackal…
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Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean's The Library Book received The Marfield Award for Writing in the Arts.
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Judith Farr
Judith Farr is a well known poems Dickinson scholar and the author of poems, "What Lies Beyond."
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Seema Reza
Seema Reza is a poet and poetry activist working with veterans and galvanizing arts communities in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia.
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Steven Leyva
Steven Leyva is an Assistant Professor at the University of Baltimore's School of Communications Design.
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W.S. Merwin
Blue Eyes Wide Open, in reverence.W.S. Merwin, 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry (1927-2019)
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Panna Naik
India born poet recognized as one of the country's first feminist writers.
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Joanna Howard
Maryland poet helps establish "A Splendid Wake" archive of DC poets.
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Jennine Pitas
Pitas is an Iowa poet who translates poetry from Uruguayan to English and treats us to a sample translation.
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Jorie Graham
Winner of the 2018 Bobbitt Prize from The Library fo Congress for her book, "FAST," Graham is one of America's foremost poets and holds the Chair for Rhetoric…
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Fleda Brown
Michigan poet, formerly Poet Laureate of Delaware, writes with warmth and wisdom about her journey.
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George Bilgere
Bilgere is known for his humor and warmth, a much loved poet from Cleveland, Ohio.
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Geraldine Connelly
Formerly from Washington, DC and Montana. Now an Arizona poet.
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Dolores Kendrick
Former Poet Laureate of DC, Kendrick wrote WOMEN OF PLUMS, groundbreaking poems in slave voices.