Hey, I know her!
Four Poems by Santa Cruz Poet Debra Spencer will air on National Public Radio (NPR).
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer’s Almanac on National Public Radio will read four poems by Santa Cruz poet Debra Spencer on The Writer’s Almanac during the period March 8th to 13th. All four poems are from Ms. Spencer’s collection of poems Pomegranate, published by Hummingbird Press in 2004. The scheduled airing of the poems is as follows:
- “Day Bath” on March 8
- “Moment of Inertia” on March 9
- “The Discovery of Sex” on March 11
- “At the Arraignment” on March 13
The Writer’s Almanac is heard daily in the Monterey Bay area on KAZU 90.3 FM at 9:01am. In addition to a featured poem, Mr. Keillor lists birthdays of prominent writers and other cultural and public figures, as well as anniversaries of important events, with supportive biographical and historical information. The show is heard on about 280 stations in the U.S. It is also available and is archived on The Writer’s Almanac website. You may also sign up to have the text of the broadcast sent to you by email each morning.
According to Production Assistant Kathy Roach, it is very unusual to air so many poems by the same poet in a short period of time, though Mr. Keillor did devote a week to Walt Whitman. Ms. Spencer joins the company of Santa Cruz area poets Adrienne Rich, Joseph Stroud, Robert Sward and Gary Young, whose poems have been featured on The Writer’s Almanac.
On a personal note, I helped design the Pomegranate book cover.
