Today's show is pre-empted due to special coverage of the papal election. Listen to an archive from March 7th in which Leonard spoke with John-Peter Pham about what goes on behind the scenes at the conclave.
Behind the Conclave
John-Peter Pham takes us behind the scenes of papal death and succession in Heirs of the Fisherman.
Music: Ockeghem: Missa Prolationum, Clerks’ Group: "Benedictus" / "In Hydraulis" Listen
Music: Ockeghem: Missa Prolationum, Clerks’ Group: "Benedictus" / "In Hydraulis" Listen
Jean Valentine
Jean Valentine reads "Trust Me" and "Once I Was Girls and Boys." She was born in Chicago, earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College, and has lived most of her life in New York City. She won the Yale Younger PoetsAward for her first book, Dream Barker, in 1965. Her most recent collection, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems 1965-2003, is the winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry.
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