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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1986-02-28
Duration: 00:20:43
Subject: Poets
People: Heaney, Seamus; Lydon, Christopher; Walcott, Derek; Warren, Robert Penn;
Clip Description
Christopher Lydon talks with Derek Walcott (West Indian poet) and Seamus Heaney (Irish poet) about the poetry of Robert Penn Warren (American poet). Walcott and Heany comment on Penn Warren's appointment as US Poet Laureate. Walcott comments on the excellence of Penn Warren's recent work. Heaney talks about the significance of US history in Penn Warren's work. Walcott and Heaney discuss regionalism in Penn Warren's work, and the appropriateness of appointing a poet laureate.Walcott reads Penn Warren's poem, Caribou. Tape 1 of 2.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
