Poet Maggie Dietz

This Saturday (November 19, 2005), the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts will name Poet Maggie Dietz a 2006 Fellow. Maggie has spent lots of time working with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on the Favorite Poem Project and thus spent much of her career promoting the role of poetry in the lives of everyday Americans. Now she gets to showcase her own work with her first book, Perennial Fall. We’ll talk about her art, America's relationship to poetry, and her plans for her fellowship year.

Click here to see all the 2006 artist fellows.

The song heard at the end of tonight's show is called "My August Name" by the New Hampshire band Hotel Alexis.