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Hank Lazer has published nineteen books of poetry, including N24 (2014) and N18 (2012), Portions (2009), The New Spirit (2005), Elegies & Vacations (2004), and Days (2002). Pages from Lazer’s shape-writing handwritten notebooks have been performed with soprano saxophonist Andrew Raffo Dewar, most recently at the University of Georgia and in two concerts in Havana, Cuba. Lazer’s Selected Poems in translation will be appearing in books in the coming year in China, Cuba, and Italy. Over the past fifteen years, Lazer has collaborated with various jazz musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, and visual artists in seeking new ways to present poetry. In 2015, Lazer was selected to receive Alabama’s most prestigious literary prize, the Harper Lee Award, for lifetime achievement in literature, joining past recipients of the award such as Winston Groom, Fanny Flagg, and Rick Bragg. Lazer retired in January 2014 from his positions as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Executive Director of Creative Campus, and Professor of English. He is now able to teach more frequently, and to spend more time reading, writing, taking his dogs for walks, playing golf, and traveling on his poetry passport. He continues to serve as a Senior Fellow with the Blount Undergraduate Initiative.

Host Don Noble has a chat with former northerner D.B. Tipmore and his book "My Little Tow," where the two discuss Tipmore's transition from the big city north, to the small town south and the culture shock that follows.

Don sits with Rick Bragg to discuss his new book, "The Best Cook In The World: Tales From My Momma's Table" at the Digital Media Center at the University of Alabama. 

Don Noble sits down with Patti Callahan to discuss her new book "Surviving Savannah," a novel about the untold story of the "Titanic of the South."

Don Noble speaks with acclaimed author Horton Foote, screenwriter for To Kill A Mockinbird.

Don is joined by actor and activist Ameer Baraka to discuss his autobiography, The Life I Chose.

Yaa Gyasi sits down with Don Noble to discuss her debut novel "Homegoing"

Join us as Don meets author Robert McCammon to talk about career shifts, the horror genre, and his Matthew Corbett historical fiction series.

Don Noble interviews legendary author Albert Murray at the 1996 Alabama Writer's Forum. 

Author of "The Sunday Wife" Cassandra King Conroy joins Don Noble at the Digital Media Center on the campus of the University of Alabama to talk about her memoir of her life and marriage to Pat Conroy.