The Historical Flight of 'The Seattle' and The Challenge of Counting Fish
Megan Sukys
03/24/2008
At 2:08 p.m. – Washington State Poet Laureate Sam Green
Sam Green was appointed by Governor Chris Gregoire as Washington State's first poet laureate on Dec. 17, 2007. For the next two years he'll criss–cross the state, giving readings and workshops to promote poetry. Today, Green reads two poems that provide examples of the poet's ancient civic role: giving words to mark and ritualize the crucial moments of our lives.
Sam Green's tenth poetry collection is The Grace of Necessity (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008). With his wife, Sally, Green operates Brooding Heron Press, a fine letterpress publishing house, in the cabin they built by hand on Waldron Island. Green also serves as Distinguished Northwest writer–in–residence at Seattle University. Recorded Feb. 7, 2007 at Open Books.Related Links:
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At 2:20 p.m. – Recreating Aviation History
For most history buffs, study, writing and travel provide satisfying connections to the past. But for a rare few, there is a force driving them to actually live history. Robert Dempster is a Seattle based pilot long fascinated by four airplanes that took off on the shores of Lake Washington in 1924. The fleet became the first group of aircraft to circumnavigate the globe. Robert Dempster has built a replica of one of those airplanes, and he plans to fly it around the world.
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At 2:40 p.m. – Nancy Pearl Book Reviews
Our weekly visit with Public Radio librarian and author of More Book Lust, Nancy Pearl.
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At 2:50 p.m. – Noble Hendrix, Counting Fish
Humans have been around for about 250,000 years. But we only began to use the simple math skill of counting 5,000 years ago. Dr. Noble Hendrix is a local biometrician who tracks fish populations in the Northwest. He depends on counting for his job and has begun to question just how good we are at it.
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