Laureates


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What Retirement Means to Me
Paul Solman
October 23, 2008
01:45:39
A panel of senior economists responds to questions about money management and retirement posed by PBS Newshour economics correspondent Paul Solman and by audience members.
Waqas Khwaja: No One Waits for the Train
Waqas Ahmad Khwaja
October 16, 2008
00:50:40
Professor and author Waqas Khwaja reads from and discusses his poetry collection, No One Waits for the Train.
Robert Pinsky Welcomes Charles Simic: New Poet Laureate
Robert Pinsky
January 28, 2008
01:30:15
Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky and new poet laureate Charles Simic discuss poetry and read their favorite poems.
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Georgia Review: Natasha Trethewey and Stephen Dunn
Natasha Trethewey
October 17, 2007
01:20:44
Natasha Trethewey and Stephen Dunn read and discuss their recent poetry. The poets are presented by The Margaret Mitchell House and The Georgia Review.
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Two Poets: David Bottoms and William Walsh
David Bottoms
January 25, 2007
00:56:50
Poets David Bottoms and William Walsh read from their works.
Mount Auburn Cemetery's 175th Anniversary: William Clendaniel Opens the Ceremony
William Clendaniel
April 11, 2006
01:17:19
William Clendaniel, president of Mount Auburn Cemetary, lectures on the history Mount Auburn in celebration if its 175th anniversary.
Conversation with Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
February 23, 2006
01:52:50
Robert Pinsky discusses his collaboration on an opera, Death and the Powers, with Tod Machover of the Media Lab, his ongoing Favorite Poem Project, his ideas about poetry and democratic culture
Nobel Laureates Honor Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
April 27, 2005
02:12:19
Toni Morrison and other Nobel Laureates read in honor of the 70th birthday of literary giant and human rights activist Wole Soyinka. Wole Soyinka, born near Ibadan, Nigeria, is world renowned for his numerous dramatic works, novels, essays, and poems.