Weekly Poem: 'These Arms of Mine' by David Kirby
Clip: 5/9/2011 | 2m 21s
David Kirby reads 'These Arms of Mine," from his book, "Talking about Movies with Jesus."
David Kirby is the author of several books of criticism, essays, children's literature and poetry, including most recently, "Talking about Movies with Jesus" (2011) and "The House on Boulevard Street: New and Selected Poems" (2007), a finalist for the National Book Award. Kirby is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University.
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Weekly Poem: 'These Arms of Mine' by David Kirby
Clip: 5/9/2011 | 2m 21s
David Kirby is the author of several books of criticism, essays, children's literature and poetry, including most recently, "Talking about Movies with Jesus" (2011) and "The House on Boulevard Street: New and Selected Poems" (2007), a finalist for the National Book Award. Kirby is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University.
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