About this episode

Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth interviews poet Danielle Sellers about a Walt Whitman poem.

On this episode, Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth speaks with fellow poet Danielle Sellers about the Walt Whitman poem, “I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.” Sellers received her MFA from the University of Mississippi, where she held the John Grisham Poetry Fellowship. She teaches at Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, Texas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ann Fisher-Wirth

Guest: Danielle Sellers

Topics covered

• poetry
• Mississippi
• Walt Whitman
• literature
• education

Keywords

• Mississippi Poet Laureate
• poetry
• Walt Whitman
• Danielle Sellers
• MFA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Mississippi, Trinity Valley School

Books & works: I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing

Places: Fort Worth, Texas

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