Available for public
radio stations to survey beginning the first week of March
2006, this five-episode series of one-hour programs makes an
excellent programming choice for April, National Poetry Month,
although it can air at any time. Reformatted and edited
to conform to the public radio news clock, this series uses some
archival gems from the extensive New Letters on the Air
catalogue. Funding to support this series is made
possible by the Public Radio Exchange.
All episodes feature an
interview and poetry readings by a former U.S. poet laureate
or Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry (which later
became the laureateship). All episodes stand alone and
there is no requirement to run the entire series. Click the link for more
information.
Episode 1: Mark Strand,
Gwendolyn Brooks, and Ted Kooser Episode 2: Joseph Brodsky, Mona Van Duyn, Robert Pinsky Episode 3: Richard Wilbur, Robert Hass, Rita Dove,
Stanley Kunitz Episode 4: Howard Nemerov,
Billy Collins, and William Stafford Episode 5: Anthony Hecht, Reed Whittemore, Maxine Kumin,
Donald Hall
HOW TO LISTEN (for individuals)
Listeners who would like to hear
Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
on their radios should call their local public radio station
and ask to speak to the program director. Tell him or
her the name of the series (Life Distilled: Four Decades
of U.S. Poet Laureates), that it is produced by New Letters
on the Air, and is available on the PRX,
www.prx.org.
HOW TO LICENSE (for public radio
stations)
This series will be
available exclusively on the Public Radio Exchange (www.prx.org)
beginning in March. PRX starter membership for radio
stations includes six hours of free programming. Contact
John Barth at PRX (617) 576-5355 to sign up. For more information about how to
license pieces using PRX,
click here.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact the series producers by calling
toll-free 888-548-2477, fax 816-235-2611, or email radio at
newletters (not newsletters) dot org.
