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==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>[
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=
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.
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