Next Writeaction Radio Hour November 23 hosted by Chard deNiord

Amer Latif, a professor at Marlboro and translator of Rumi, will join Chard deNiord on WVEW 107.7 FM Radio this coming Sunday on November 23 at 5:00PM to talk about and read poems of Rumi.

Writeaction Radio Host, Tom Ragle

Tom Ragle took an A.B. in Ancient Greek History and Literature at Harvard University and a B.A. and M.A. in English Language and Literature at Oxford University. He later served as President of Marlboro College (1958-81), Director of the Salzburg Seminar (1983-89), and Special Consultant to the United Nations Development Program in Beijing, China, on the teaching of English literature at the university level (1989-91). He also served two years each as a visiting professor and Special Assistant to the President at the University of Vermont and Trinity College (Vermont). Since retiring in 1993 he and his wife Nancy have lived in Guilford, Vermont in the home in which Nancy grew up. He serves on the board of Write Action.

English and American Poetry presented by Tom Ragle
Second Sunday of Every Month

Octgober 12, 2008
Miscellany: Different Voices in English and American Poetry

November 9, 2008
The Sonnet in English

December 14, 2008
John Donne

January 11, 2009
Alexander Pope

February 8, 2009
William Wordsworth

March 8, 2009
Robert Browning

April 12, 2009
Gerard Manley Hopkins

May 10, 2009
Walt Whitman

June 14,2009
Emily Dickinson

July 12, 2009
Thomas Hardy

August 9, 2009
William Butler Yeats

September 13, 2009
Robert Frost

Writeaction Announces Weekly Radio Hour on WVEW 107.7 FM

Announcing the Write Action Radio Hour every Sunday at 5:00 PM on WVEW, Brattleboro Community Radio (107.7 FM) or live streaming at http://www.wvew.org/live.m3u

In October 2008, Write Action inaugurated a weekly radio show on Brattleboro Community Radio WVEW 107.7 FM. Different radio hosts alternate each week beginning on the first Sunday of the month with Jacqueline Gens and Chard deNiord hosting a thematic talk show featuring poetry, music and conversation around a seasonal or relevant topic. Tom Ragle’s series on the second Sunday of the month focuses on readings in classical English and American poetry with commentary. Edmund Brelsford hosts the third Sunday of the month covering international poets. A local writer TBA will interview local writers every fourth Sunday of the month. On the rare occasion of a fifth Sunday, Write Action Radio Hour will feature a Write Action or local prerecorded literary event. All radio hosts are experienced writers and teachers. The year-round series promises both to educate and entertain Individuals interested in poetry whether they write or not.

Please join us for the Write Action Radio Hour every Sunday at 5:00 -6:00 PM on Brattleboro’s Community Radio station WVEW 107.7 FM. Listeners may access the show in Brattleboro at 107.7 FM or via the internet through live streaming on the WVEW website at http://www.wvew.org/live.m3u

To view playlist/topics currently under development for each show, host biographies, an annual calendar of programs or to post a comment about a particular show, please check the Write Action Blog at http://www.writeaction.wordpress.com/

Check back for individual host pages here at our web blog. Coming Soon!