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Donald Hall -- New U.S. Poet Laureate
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  Donald Hall, New Hampshire's most celebrated living writer, has been named U.S. Poet laureate. When people ask him what he writes about, he says "New Hampshire, Love and Death." We'll explore the depths of his work, and how his new role will affect his life and his art. Web resources:
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Last night as I traveled home, listening to Oxcart Man, I thought of us years ago, my family and I, freshly arrived, new to the North – well, north of Rhode Island at any rate –my daughter, seven years old, ensconced in a favorite book, following Portsmouth-bound Oxcart Man down the hill, sure that his hill was our own, sure that our new old house was the very one that he left and returned to; and now, looking across to Kearsarge, I think of the other Oxcart Man on the other side of our shared mountain and thank him for bringing magic to a little girl.
Hey Gregert, I'm sitting in the cubicle next to you listening to this show right now. I didn't know you were a fan of Donald Hall.
My partner gave me "White Apples and the Taste of Stone" for my birthday and the birthday celebration (way back in April seems like 10 years ago) included hearing him read from it at Jabberwocky in Newburyport and getting him to sign it. I'm the one who asked him about the relationship between baseball and formal poetry.
thanks much for writing, Gegert. we're going to try to include your comment on tonight's Front Porch.
--andrew, producer