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Monday September 5, 2005

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10:00U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser (Rebroadcast)

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.

Guests

Ted Kooser, visiting professor at the University of Nebraska, retired insurance executive, and U.S. Poet Laureate

11:00Thomas Oliphant: "Praying for Gil Hodges" (Thomas Dunne Books) (Rebroadcast)

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.

Guests

Tom Oliphant, a columnist for the Boston Globe, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975.

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