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Poet Laureate

Commentary: Baraka’s Big Lies

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In the past few weeks, there has been a huge controversy about a poem by New Jersey’s poet laureate. Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen takes a look.

Special Guest: Donald Hall

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Special Guest: Billy Collins

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Basil Twist and Billy Collins

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Stanley Kunitz

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Britain’s first female poet laureate

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The post is over 300 years old, but Carol Ann Duffy is the first woman to be named poet laureate in the UK.

Sharon Olds on ‘Bob Edwards Weekend’

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Bob talks to former Poet Laureate Sharon Olds about about her writing, her teaching, and her refusal to dine with First Lady Laura Bush.

America’s New Chief Poet

Natasha Trethewey, just named as U.S. poet laureate, has the task of raising the national passion for poetry. She reads her poem “Monument”.

Talking With New Poet Laureate Philip Levine, Part Two

Last week, the Library of Congress named Philip Levine as the next poet laureate, succeeding W.S. Merwin. Previous writers who were awarded that title include Robert Frost, Billy Collins, and Maxine Kumin. Levine was once an auto plant worker in Detroit, and that city became the basis for many of his poems. We spoke with […]

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Philip Levine named as new Poet Laureate

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Last week, the Library of Congress named Philip Levine as the next poet laureate, succeeding W.S. Merwin. Levine joins us from his home in Fresno, California and talks about his reputation as a working class poet.