AS IT IS 2013-06-22 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Gets Second Term Hello again, and welcome back for more As It Is. Im June Simms with VOA Learning English. Today, we hear about Natasha Tretheways appointment to a second term as Poet Laureate...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784: Early African-American Poet SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about someone important i...
Poet Embraces Late-in-Life Love, Tender Sorrows Award-winning American poet Jane Hirshfield has just published a new collection of poems. Come, Thief features themes of love, compassion, contemplation and the poignancy of a human life fully lived. Hi...
The Swedish Academy awarded one of Swedens most famous living poets, Tomas Transtr?mer, the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday - making him the first Swede in nearly 40 years to win the award. The Nobel prize in literature for 2011 is awarde...
PoetKayRyanNamedMacArthurFellow The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 22 new MacArthur fellows on Tuesday. They'll receive Genius awards, which come with a no-strings attached grant of $500,000 over five years. The diverse grantees...
Shakespeare the Poet 大诗人 Yang Li: 大家好,我是杨莉。欢迎收听了解莎士比亚的第三集。作为大诗人的莎士比亚,他创作了两首长诗和154 首十四行诗。其中许多诗句都是有关爱情的,不仅美而且富...
VOICE ONE: Im Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about writer Langston Hughes, who has been called the poet voice of African Americans. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Langston Hug...
By Ted Landphair Washington, DC 18 June 2008 There are three worlds on most American college campuses: The logical World of Science, where students and professors in white laboratory coats lose themselves in that which can be carefully observed and...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Langston Hughes: Considered the Poet Voice of African Americans By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Sunday, April 17, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Em...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - May 24, 2002: Child poet Mattie Stepanek / Music by Cassandra Wilson / Question About the U.S. Educational System Broadcast: May 24, 2002 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC —.. VOA’...