Past American Voice: Robert Dana
Series: New Letters on the Air
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Piece Description
This week for National Poetry Month, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR remembers Robert Dana, former poet laureate of Iowa, who passed away in February. Recorded on his 80th birthday in 2009, he reminisces about attending the Iowa Writers Workshop after World War II with classmate poets Donald Justice and Henri Coulette,and reads poems in memoriam to those writers from his 2008 collection, THE OTHER. He also talks about the influences of growing up in immigrant and working-class areas of Boston and small New England towns and how that's reflected in his writing.
Broadcast History
This program originally uplinked to PRSS' Content Depot on August 21, 2009 for delivery to member stations.
Timing and Cues
PROMO: Next time on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR...
UPLINK DATE: 04/16/2010
PROGRAM LENGTH: 29:00 minutes
INCUE: (music) "I put my faith in strong coffee, good bourbon and the next two minutes..."
OUTCUE: "...Angela Elam for NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR."
MUSIC by Kevin MacLeod
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| Comfortable Mystery | Kevin MacLeod | royalty free production music. | incompetech.com | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
New Letters on the Air is a production of the quarterly literary magazine, New Letters, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Partial financial support comes from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
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