From New Letters on the Air
| Part of the Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates series
| 01:04:02
Producers: New Letters on the Air

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30-second preview. Want more? Log in or sign up for free.Series debut, consisting of previously recorded and previously broadcast episodes of NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR.
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00:00 TO 00:59 BILLBOARD
IN: "Are you apprehensive about poetry?..."
OUT: "...Life Distilled with NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR. I'm Angela Elam."
01:00 TO 06:00 NEWS HOLE (SILENCE)
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OPTIONAL 5-MINUTE DROP-IN AVAILABLE
IN: "U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser..."
OUT: "... Pulitzer Prize-winning book DELIGHTS AND SHADOWS."
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06:00 TO 06:29 MUSIC BREAK
06:30 TO 19:24 SEGMENT A - STRAND
IN: "The Library of Congress' chair in poetry..."
OUT: "...Life Distilled: the late Gwendolyn Brooks in just a moment."
19:25 TO 19:59 MUSIC BREAK
20:00 TO 39:10 SEGMENT B - BROOKS
IN: "Born in June of 1917 in Topeka, Kansas..."
OUT: "... back with the current poet laureate Ted Kooser in just a moment."
39:10 TO 39:40 MUSIC BREAK
39:40 TO 59:00 SEGMENT C - KOOSER
IN: "Born in April 1939, Ted Kooser took a seemingly..."
OUT: "...this hour of 'Life Distlled' from NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR."
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