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New Letters on the Air: Kevin Prufer

Kevin Prufer, the author of four collections of poetry, talks about why he's drawn to the elegy, and reads from his books, including the 2008 National Anthem.By New Letters on the Air

Kansas City, MO – A 2007 NEA Literature Fellow in Poetry, Kevin Prufer is also editor of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing and serves on the board of directors for the National Book Critics Circle.

Listen here until December 24, 2008.

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