News, Reviews, and InterviewsMark your calendars for the National Book Festival held in Washington D.C., which is celebrating its 15-year anniversary. The theme for this year is a quote from Thomas Je…
Thomas Jefferson
- August 14, 2015
May 27, 2015The following interview took place before a large audience at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival on January 24, 2014.Photo © Nancy CramptonChard deNiord: I’d like to begin with t…
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