Studs Terkel discusses poetry with writer and poet Ed English. Topics include race, history, religion, English's biography, and his creative process. Ed reads from his work throughout the interview.

Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Shakespeare tapestry

Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Shakespeare tapestry

Interviewing Scharmel Iris reading excerpts from his "Spanish earth"

Terkel comments and two children read from I saw a Man

Rose Styron and Studs read works by exiled writers and performers and discuss Amnesty International.

Writer and poet Maya Angelou talks about her life, Creole influences, and her book “Gather Together in My Name” with Studs Terkel. Angelou reads an excerpt from the book and the recording opens with Angelou reading one of her poems.

Angelou discusses her book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and recites "When I Think About Myself." She talks about growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, and her family. Copyrighted material has been removed.

Includes Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading and discussing his poems from his books "A Coney Island State of Mind" and "Big Table."

Joyce Johnson's "Minor Characters" is a memoir about her time spent with Jack Kerouac. Johnson covers the Beat Generation and the time for writers and poets to express their creativity. There is also an excerpt from an interview with Peter Orlofsky and Allen Ginsberg.

Terkel interviews Jonathan Wordsworth about his great-great uncle William Wordsworth.

Jonathan Miller discusses Shakespeare. Includes Feste's song "Hey, ho, the Wind and Rain" sung by Alfred Deller. Includes a clip from Jonathan Miller as Bertrand Russell.

Discussing "To Live & Die in Dixie & Other Poems". Includes excerpt from Studs' 1965 Montgomery program that features Beecher (1905917-3-1). Beecher reads "To Live and Die in Dixie", "Chainey", "The Better Sort of People", "After Christus", "Bestride the Narrow World", "Wisdom of the Abbott Macarius", "Josiah Turnbull took no part in politics", "A Commemorative Ode".