On September 13, CBS News Sunday Morning featured a segment on the 2009 Poetry Out Loud National Finals, which took place last April. Host (and poet) Charles Osgood visited Washington, DC, to tape interviews with various participants, including guest judge Garrison Keillor and state champions. CBS Sunday Morning is seen nationally by 4.9 million viewers each week. Click here to view the video.
Osgood also recorded a related audio segment for the September 11 edition of The Osgood File, a national radio feature that airs on more than 400 stations across the country.
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 Charles Simic Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, during World War II, Charles Simic (1938—) suffered great hardship during his early life—an experience which has had a heavy influence on his art. In 1954 he came to the United States and studied literature. His education was interrupted in 1961 when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Concise, and at ...More » Poems Past-Lives Therapy The Wooden Toy |