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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.
He founded the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching at The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire [8] and is currently director of educational outreach at the Frost Place. [2] Garrison Keillor has read Wormser's poems on The Writer's Almanac. [9]
His poems have been featured on The Writer's Almanac, a syndicated national public radio program and podcast hosted by Garrison Keillor. His work was also selected for The Best American Poetry 1999, edited by poet Robert Bly, and in former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's syndicated newspaper column, American Life in Poetry. [1]
"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.
Louis Jenkins’ book, Nice Fish, was winner of the Minnesota Book Award in 1995, [8] and his book Just Above Water won the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award in 1997. Jenkins was a featured poet at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in 1996 and at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in England in 2007. [2]
His writing, which shows New York School and other influences, has been widely published and anthologized. Primarily a poet, he has published fiction and non-fiction as well. He was the subject of a profile on National Public Radio's All Things Considered in 1986, and has been featured a number of times on The Writer's Almanac radio program ...
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.
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.