[New-Poetry] Poet Laureate Gender Split

[David Graham]

Yeah, come to think of it:  John Prine for Poet Laureate!

And more power to Kooser for featuring him.


On Jun 16, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Michael Snider wrote:

> Kooser was (obviously) appointed under Bush and his first public  
> act was a video presentation with John Prine. Kooser asked Prine if  
> there was still a roll for protest-singing, and Prine answered "I  
> think it's a fulltime job." The show ended with Prine singing, at  
> Kooser's request, "Sam Stone,"  one of the most powerful anti-war  
> songs ever.
>
>
>


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