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Line 24: \| opentheme = \| endtheme = \| website = [~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html Poet and the Poem] \| podcast = [~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html Podcast] }} Line 31: ==History== The program was started in 1977 by the poet and playwright Grace Cavalieri. The program was first broadcast from [[WPFW]] in [[Washington, DC]]. Cavalieri brought the program to the [[Library of Congress]] in 1997.<ref>[~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-018.html Library of Congress press release, 2007 July]</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=About Poetpoem\|url=~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem_about.html\|publisher=www.loc.gov\|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref> The programs archives are stored at the [[Gelman Library]] at [[George Washington University]]<ref name="gwu" /> == Featured interviews == The show regularly features interviews with writers from across the country. Poets featured have included [[Francisco Aragón]], [[Margaret Atwood]], [[Sandra Beasley]], [[Lucille Clifton]], [[Cornelius Eady]], [[Forrest Gander]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Terrance Hayes]], [[Major Jackson]], [[June Jordan]], [[Audre Lorde]], [[Richard McCann]], [[E. Ethelbert Miller]], [[Naomi Shihab Nye]], [[Linda Pastan]], [[Kim Roberts]], [[Henry S. Taylor\|Henry Taylor]], [[Emma Trelles]], [[David Tucker (poet)\|David Tucker]], [[Dan Vera]], and [[Alice Walker]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Poetpoem\|url=~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html\|publisher=www.loc.gov\|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Poetpoem2\|url=~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem2.html\|publisher=www.loc.gov\|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="gwu">{{cite web\|title=GW Libraries at the George Washington University\|url=http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2007.xml\|website=www.gwu.edu\|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref> Given the program's longevity and its connection to the [[Library of Congress]], Cavalieri has the distinction of having interviewed the most sitting [[U.S. Poet Laureate\|poets laureate]] including [[Gwendolyn Brooks]], [[Billy Collins]], [[Rita Dove]], [[Donald Hall]], [[Ted Kooser]], [[Stanley Kunitz]], [[Howard Nemerov]], [[Philip Levine (poet)\|Philip Levine]], [[Robert Hass]], [[Robert Pinsky]], [[Kay Ryan]] and [[Charles Simic]] [[Mark Strand]], and [[Richard Wilbur]].<ref name="gwu" /> The program has also featured interviews with the [[Witter Bynner Fellowship]] winners. Line 46: ==External links== *[~~http~~https://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html Program page on the] [[Library of Congress]] website Line 58: [[Category:Library of Congress]] [[Category:Arts organizations established in 1977]] [[Category:Poetry organizations~~]][[Category:Article~~]]