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Audio Interview with Karl Shapiro |
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Poet and author, Karl Shapiro talks with Don Swaim about H. L. Mencken, the writing of his autobiography, and his poetry. Shapiro started writing poetry while he was in the army, sending his poems home to be published. He says that there is an element of escapism involved in writing poetry. By the time he left the army he was already an established poet. Since then he has produced numerous collections of his work and won the Pulitzer Prize. Swaim and Shapiro talk about this and more in this 1988 interview. Listen
to the Karl Shapiro interview with Don Swaim, November 30, 1988 These files are for your personal use only.
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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio. © Ohio University |
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