The Kearsarge Poets

Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon, Maxine Kumin and other writers have put New Hampshire’s Kearsarge Region on the literary map. This weekend, their works will be celebrated at a special New Hampshire Writers Project event in Wilmot. Tonight, we'll find out why the area is so special and how it inspires the poetic process.

Our guests are:

Maxine Kumin, former U.S. Poet Laureate (the position was known as "Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress" at the time) and author of 15 poetry collections. Her latest poetry collection, Jack and Other New Poems, was published in 2005.

Laurie Zimmerman, poet from the Kearsarge region who's first full-length collection, Body of Tender Water is currently seeking publisher. Her work's been published in Mid-American Review, Orion, Rattle, 5 AM, Paterson Literary Review, Image, and elsewhere.

Joyce Peseroff, writer-in-residence and visiting professor at University of Massachusetts Boston. Her latest book of poems is Eastern Mountain Time.