Replay: Poets and Poetry http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4622339&ft=1&f=4622339 <em>"Poetry's unnat'ral... never you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy."</em> -- Charles Dickens, Tony Weller in The Pickwick Papers en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Replay: Poets and Poetry http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4622339&ft=1&f=4622339 Anne Bradstreet: America's First Poet Anne Bradstreet is considered America's earliest poet, and a new biography details her life. Scott Simon speaks with Charlotte Gordon, author of <EM>Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet</EM>. Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4616663&ft=1&f=4622339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4616663&ft=1&f=4622339 Anne Bradstreet is considered America's earliest poet, and a new biography details her life. Scott Simon speaks with Charlotte Gordon, author of Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet.

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]]> A Reading in Honor of Pablo Neruda's Centennial In honor of the centennial of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's birth, Chilean-American writer Ariel Dorfman reads the poem "Sexual Water." Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3319014&ft=1&f=4622339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3319014&ft=1&f=4622339 In honor of the centennial of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's birth, Chilean-American writer Ariel Dorfman reads the poem "Sexual Water."

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]]> Armchair Traveler: W.S. Merwin Poet W.S. Merwin talks about his memoir, <EM>The Mays of Ventadorn</EM>, that covers his time in the French countryside. Merwin lived in southern France during the 1950s, and became enchanted by the language of the Troubadours, poet-musicians from 800 years before. Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1386992&ft=1&f=4622339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1386992&ft=1&f=4622339 Poet W.S. Merwin talks about his memoir, The Mays of Ventadorn, that covers his time in the French countryside. Merwin lived in southern France during the 1950s, and became enchanted by the language of the Troubadours, poet-musicians from 800 years before.

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]]> Poetry and Politics Poets laureate from some 30 states gather for a conference on poetry's capacity to bring about social, political and cultural change. The conference is the brainchild of poet Marie Harris (left), who, along with poets Wyatt Prunty and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, discuss the role of poetry in society. Thu, 24 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1241067&ft=1&f=4622339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1241067&ft=1&f=4622339 Poets laureate from some 30 states gather for a conference on poetry's capacity to bring about social, political and cultural change. The conference is the brainchild of poet Marie Harris (left), who, along with poets Wyatt Prunty and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, discuss the role of poetry in society.

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]]> Top 15 American Poems of the Century Commentator and historian Douglas Brinkley put together a panel of distinguished poets and professors to pick the top 15 American poems of the century. Brinkley is distinguished professor of history and director of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans. Sun, 26 Dec 1999 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1068303&ft=1&f=4622339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1068303&ft=1&f=4622339 Commentator and historian Douglas Brinkley put together a panel of distinguished poets and professors to pick the top 15 American poems of the century. Brinkley is distinguished professor of history and director of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans.

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