Welcome to The Write Question, a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the Western United States. Our guest today is Richard O. Moore.
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At the age of 90, Richard Moore has published a book, Writing the Silences, that includes a selection of his poems written between 1946 and 2008. During this program he reads several poems and talks about his involvement with KPFA and the Pacifica Foundation.
Richard Moore is a poet associated with Kenneth Rexroth and the San Francisco Renaissance. His earliest poetry was published in 1946 in the magazine Circle. In 1949 he was one of the founders of KPFA, the first listener-supported public radio station in the United States.
Over the next fifty years he was active as a documentary filmmaker and public television executive, at KQED, San Francisco and KTCA, Minneapolis-Saint Paul. After he retired in 2000 (at the age of 80), Moore turned his full attention to writing poetry.
Richard Moore lives in Mill Valley, California, where, in addition to writing poetry, he is active in Seniors for Peace.
See video of Richard Moore reading his poems at the University of California Press blog.
Information from the publisher about Writing the Silences: description, content, author bio, reviews.
Richard Moore on Wikipedia.
The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.
Read an interview with TWQ producer Chérie Newman on the Humanities Montana Web site.
Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.
Special thanks to Lisa Simon, David Moore, Barbara Theroux, and Kim Anderson.
This program is supported in part by Humanities Montana, enriching intellectual, cultural, and civic life for all Montanans. And by the Montana Cultural Trust.
The music in this program was written and performed by Aaron Minnick, and John Floridis.
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