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Poet Larry Woiwode ~ Tom Isern ~ News Chat ~ Movie Review: "An Easy Girl"

Friday, August 21, 2020 - North Dakota poet laureate Larry Woiwode will present a poetry reading at the Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site on Sunday. This family-friendly presentation will showcase original works by the award-winning writer. He is a recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, a Guggenheim Fellow, a John Dos Passos Prize winner, a recipient of the William Faulkner Foundation Award, and a recipient of the Medal of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He visits today with poetry fan Bill Thomas, our director of radio. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, “Indian Acres.” ~~~ Our weekly news chat with Dave Thompson. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “An Easy Girl.”

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