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Prices for crude oil have risen to over $70 a barrel with future increases expected. We'll discuss some of the factors behind the uptick and implications for the economy.
J. Robinson West, chairman of PFC Energy, an energy consulting firm
Ian Bremmer, president, Eurasia political risk consultants
Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute
In honor of National Poetry Month, Diane and her guests discuss their favorite poems. The book, "How To Read A Poem: And Fall In Love With Poetry" will be used as a guide, but listeners are invited to bring their own favorite poems as well.
E. Ethelbert Miller, poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, chair of the Washington D.C. Humanities Council. His last book was "How We Sleep on the Nights We Don't Make Love."
Edward Hirsch, author of six books of poems and three books of prose, including the recent "Poet's Choice" (Harcourt). He has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Prix de Rome, and a MacArthur Fellowship, and is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Linda Pastan, author of 11 volumes of poetry, most recently "Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems 1968-1998" and "The Last Uncle." She was Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1991 to 1995 and was on the staff of the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference for 20 years. Her upcoming book is called "Queen of a Rainy Country" (Norton October 2006).
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