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Terry Tempest Williams interview audio

An unscheduled press conference with President Obama pre-empted broadcast of our Readers & Writers conversation with Terry Tempest Williams. Online audio of the conversation in now available. Terry Tempest Williams will be our guest Tuesday,...

The farmer writes poems, the poet farms

Trees Behold this hardscrabble farm long devoid of cows its puzzle piece fields locking in islands of rock, like the St. Lawrence, my brother observed recently, with fields for water. See these particular fields still hayed every...

Warm up those poetry engines

I know, I know. National Poetry Month isn’t until April. Not to mention that some of us think national-anything month can feel like a silly affectation. But I had to chuckle at this New York Times item about a...

Coming soon to your poetry slam

Our resident poet and, oh yeah, web manager Dale Hobson shared this link on our Facebook page today. It’s a story from NPR about some of the more exciting poetry expected to be published in the coming year. What really caught my eye was the...

Politics and poetry

In recent weeks, Salon.com, the on-line journal, has been running a limerick contest. I offer a link here, though I wasn’t particularly impressed with what I saw in this latest batch. But I’ve got a feeling NCPR folk are going to come up...

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Readers & Writers: Bone Dance by Wendy Rose

by Readers & Writers

Mar 01, 2001 — On this edition of our call-in on contemporary literature, our guest is poet Wendy Rose, talking about her volume of collected and new poems Bone Dance. Host Jackie Sauter is joined in the stdio by Maurice Kenny and Susan Stebbins. Go to full article

Dam Builders and Vow performed by Dale Hobson

by Concert Hall

Feb 10, 2001 — Dale Hobson, NCPR Webnaut from Potsdam, New York, reading Dam Builders and Vow before a rowdy crowd at Martha And Ev's annual barn party, February 2001. Go to full article

Meet the Masters: Ham Ferry, Storyteller, Seveys Corners

by Meet the Masters

New York, NY, Mar 06, 2000 — Ham Ferry earned the reputation of being an authentic Adirondacker and a consummate storyteller. Ham's Inn, a small bar located at Sevey's Corners near Childwold, was Ferry's natural setting and the spot where he held listeners rapt for hours on end. Much of the material for Ham Ferry's stories came from his life as a woodsman, lumberman, and a wilderness guide. Go to full article

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