Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on Career of Reading, Writing

Name: Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on Career of Reading, Writing
Uploaded: 2013-04-03T00:09:23Z
Duration: P312S
Description: Jeffrey Brown talks with Gerald Stern, one of America's most acclaimed poets. At 87, Stern received the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for his collection, "Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992." Stern reflects on his working class upbringing and 70 years of writing verse.

Clip: 04/02/2013 | 5m 12s

Jeffrey Brown talks with Gerald Stern, one of America's most acclaimed poets. At 87, Stern received the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for his collection, "Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992." Stern reflects on his working class upbringing and 70 years of writing verse.

Aired: 04/02/13

Rating: NR

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