Poetry Panel

Thursday 04/27/2000

A conversation about contemporary poetry with Robert Pinksy, George Plimpton, and Richard Howard.

Poetry Panel; Derek Walcott; Voices from...
Books, History
Air Date 04/27/2000
On contemporary poetry. Holocaust survivors on the documentary "Witness." Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott on his book "Tiepolo's Hound." 51:53
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Poetry Slams
Books
Air Date 03/20/1992
A look at the revival of poetry cafes and slams with poets Bob Holman, Maggie Estep, Edwin Torres, and Dana Bryant. 08:57
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Norman Mailer
World, Politics, Books
Air Date 11/06/2003
Norman Mailer talks about his book of poems and drawings, "Modest Gifts" and his views on the war in Iraq. 27:22
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Reynolds Price
Books
Air Date 05/21/1997
Author Reynolds Price on his book, "The Collected Poems," which gathers his poems during his battle with spinal cancer. 18:01
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Wole Soyinka
World, Politics
Air Date 08/12/2008
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka talks about his friend Nelson Mandela who is also the subject of many of his poems. 12:46
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