Monday, September 5, 2005

U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser (Rebroadcast)

10 a.m. (ET)

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.

Thomas Oliphant: "Praying for Gil Hodges" (Thomas Dunne Books) (Rebroadcast)

11 a.m. (ET)

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.

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