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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.
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]
"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.
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 .
Garrison Keillor selected Glose as the featured poet on The Writer's Almanac for July 1, 2017. [6] In 2024, Bill Glose was one of the poets chosen to represent the East Coast on World Poetry Day (March 21) during a 24-hour poetry reading that spanned the globe. [7] Glose has written extensively about his and other veterans' combat experiences.
Greg Delanty has received numerous awards including the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award (1983), the Allen Dowling Poetry Fellowship (1986), the Wolfers-O’Neill Award (1996–97), the Austin Clarke Award (1996), National Poetry Competition Prizewinner (Poetry Society of England, 1999) an Arts Council of Ireland Bursary (1998–99), and an award ...
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]