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Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr., Poet Laureate Nassau County, New York
Interviewed by Shirley Romaine, Host, ArtScene on Long Island, Cablevision
Great Neck area Cable TV Airdates
Channel 73
Wed, May 7 at 5pm
Sun, May 11 at 5:30pm
Wed, May 21 at 5pm
Sun, May 25 at 5:30pm
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Woodbury System Cable TV Airdates
(Eastern Nassau/Western Suffolk/Babylon, etc.) Airdates
Channel 18
Tues, May 13 at 11 am
Tues, May 27 at 11am
Discussion about how to enjoy poetry — Do not let concern for the meaning of poetry get in the way of your enjoying the language of the poem. Everybody has the ability to enjoy a good poem. Everybody has the ability to write a good poem. The Poet Laureate’s contest for elementary, middle school and high school students based on the fact that the young can write poetry that qualifies as literature. Poetry about Long Island’s natural history — Swimming in the World Ocean at Jones Beach and the plight of the Piping Plover.
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Maxwell recently spoke on intellectial freedom at the 2008 Library Conference. Does anyone know of any coverage of the event?