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The poet laureate of the United States joins Diane to talk about how to go from wanting to be a poet to actually writing poetry.
Ted Kooser, visiting professor at the University of Nebraska, retired insurance executive, and U.S. Poet Laureate
In 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally won their first World Series. A journalist recalls what the Dodgers meant for him, his family, and their Brooklyn neighborhood fifty years ago.
Tom Oliphant, a columnist for the Boston Globe, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975.