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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.
"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.
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]
Priscilla Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-born naturalised American poet. [3] She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, which she explored in her poetry book The Freeing of the Dust.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (/ ˈ θ eɪ ər /; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, [1] and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of ...
An annual poetry contest, the Pat Schneider Poetry Contest, was established in her honor by Amherst Writers and Artists in 2011. [5] Schneider had four children, all of them published authors: Rebecca Schneider, Laurel Schneider , Paul Schneider and Bethany Schneider. [ 6 ]
A copy of the print was found near the body of a soldier at the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg after the July 1 – July 3, 1863 battle, now held by the Maine Historical Society. [4] In 1883, a year after the poet's death, a tableau vivant was staged titled Longfellow's Dream and featured his life and works, including "The Children's ...