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The Writer's Almanac is a daily podcast and newsletter of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. Begun as a radio program in 1993, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it is hosted by Garrison Keillor and was produced and distributed by American Public Media through November 2017.
Jim Harrison 1981. James Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and memoir.
Online version of the 1816 poem read by Billy Collins on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor, August 4, 2013. Online version of the 1824 poem on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor, March 31, 2001. LibriVox audio-recording of "Mutability" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
As Poet Laureate, Collins instituted the program Poetry 180 for high schools. Collins chose 180 poems for the program and the accompanying book, Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry—one for each day of the school year. Collins edited a second anthology, 180 More Extraordinary Poems for Every Day to refresh the supply of available poems. [16]
David Ross Huddle (born July 11, 1942) [1] [2] is an American writer and professor. [3] His poems , essays , and short stories have appeared in The New Yorker , [ 4 ] Esquire , [ 5 ] Harper's Magazine , The New York Times Magazine , Story , The Autumn House Anthology of Poetry , and The Best American Short Stories .
"School Prayer" is a poem written by American poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman; [1] it is the first of 50 poems in Ackerman's book I Praise My Destroyer, [2] which was published in 1998. "School Prayer" is a pledge to protect and revere nature, in every form it may appear.
Merriam's first book was the 1946 Family Circle, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. [1] In 1956, she published Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch. [2] Her book, The Inner City Mother Goose (1969), was described as one of the most banned books of the time. [3]
Robert Dana (June 2, 1929 – February 6, 2010) was an American poet, who taught writing and English literature at Cornell College and many other schools, revived The North American Review and served as its editor during the years 1964–1968, and was the poet laureate for the State of Iowa from 2004 to 2008.