Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in 1919. On March 24, 2019 he turned 100 years old. Today’s show is a celebration of Ferlinghetti’s career. On April 21, 1994, I interviewed Lawrence at City Lights. The subject of the interview was his then new book, These Are My Rivers: New and Selected Poems. Though the interview is almost a quarter of a century old, I think you’ll find it as fresh today as it was when it was first recorded.


Lanterns Hanging on the Wind is a fabulous collection of music and poetry celebrating the resilience, the musicality, and the expressiveness of the Vietnamese language. Among the featured poets are Tuyết Nga, Lưu Quang Vũ, Xuân Quỳnh, Nguyễn Quang Thiều, Bùi Hoàng Tám, Trần Quang Quý, Giang Nam, Ngô Tự Lập, and Nguyễn Bảo Chân. Hosted by Jack Foley.