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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.
Baron Wormser was born in Baltimore on February 15, 1948. He earned his BA from Johns Hopkins University, and later completed graduate studies at the University of California-Irvine and University of Maine. [2]
"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.
Several of his poems, including "One of the Locals", were read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac. [4] A chapter dedicated to Starck's poetry, “Clemens Starck: ‘poems in my head, a hammer in my hand,” is within Durable Goods: Appreciations of Oregon Poets, [5] written by Erik Muller and published by Mountains & Rivers Press in 2017.
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]
Ames' Almanack (almanac) was the first almanac printed in the British North American colonies. While Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack is more widely known, the Ames' Almanack had a much larger readership. Franklin's publication had a circulation of 10,000 copies compared to 60,000 for the Ames' Almanack. [1]
The Metropol' Almanac is a collection of uncensored texts by famous writers, self published in Samizdat in Moscow in December 1978. [1] The collection was organized by Vasily Aksyonov, and counted with contributions from a number of Soviet writers, such as Fazil Iskander, Andrei Bitov, Andrei Voznesensky, Bella Akhmadulina and Vladimir Vysotsky, and one contribution from abroad, made by John ...
The Writer's Alamanac's website contains useful links; the radio show contains one, to powells.com, a sponsor. 2.) Calling "keep in touch" an empty phrase is foolish and excessive, since it's based on one person (presumably) e-mailing the show and not getting a response, and doesn't consider that it could just as easily constitute broad advice ...