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English
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Interviews with and poetry reading by 2001-2003 poet laureate, Billy Collins; also includes interviews with distinguished poets and critics reflecting on his work and reflections on the history of the position of poet laureate by Collins and former poet laureates Robert Haas, Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky.
5) Walt Whitman
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English
Description
One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit...