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The Poetry Break: William Bronk

West Virginia's poet laureate Marc Harshman highlights here work of the late William Bronk.Bronk won the National Book Award for poetry in 1981 long…

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The Poetry Break: George Ella Lyon

Host Marc Harshman calls her, “the most ‘can-do-anything’ poet in America.” George Ella Lyon is a novelist, essayist, teacher, activist, musician,…

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The Poetry Break: Believe What You Can

Marc Harshman, poet laureate of West Virginia has just seen his second full length collection of poetry published by the Vandalia Press at West Virginia…

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The Poetry Break: Linda Pastan

Linda Pastan has had a prolific career during the course of which she won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and twice was named a finalist for the National Book…

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The Poetry Break: Richard Hague

Richard Hague was raised in that northern outpost of Appalachia, Steubenville, Ohio, and has lived his adult life in another Appalachian city of Ohio,…

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The Poetry Break: Nikki Giovanni

She was born in Knoxville and raised in Cincinnati. The poems of Nikki Giovanni reflect her pride as both a black American woman, and an author with deep…

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