WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: June 23, 2001--"Tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar"-- Budbill has this appreciation of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Budbill talks about Dunbar's life and reads his poem, "Sympathy." (3:45)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/20010623.watc.06.rmm
WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, March 31, 2001--Interview with Lisa Simeone--Host Lisa Simeone talks with Vermont poet David Budbill, who reads from his book, Moment To Moment: Poems Of A Mountain Recluse. (7:45) http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/20010331.watc.08.rmm
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, August 24, 2000--"Ten Days in Paradise"--A woodchuck spent ten ecstatic days in Commentator David Budbill's garden before Budbill shot it, to preserve his vegetables. Budbill grieves for the woodchuck and for himself. (3:00)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20000824.atc.08.rmm
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED--February 26, 1998--"Incident in Boston"-- Budbill talks about an incident he witnessed, when motorists ignored a feeble, wheelchair-bound old man who'd been stranded in the midst of traffic. Then, a young man dressed in hip-hop style jumped out of a car and risked his life to get the old man out of harm's way. (3:15)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/19980626.atc.05.ram
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, July 8, 1997--"Sticking up for Larry Doby--Commentator David Budbill recalls the summer of '48... when Larry Doby was on what would turn out the be the World Series-winning Cleveland Indians. Doby was the first African-American player in the American League... joining the Major Leagues in July of '47 just eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson entered the National League. Budbill--who is white--describes how Doby's courage inspired him when he was a boy and helped give him a lifelong empathy for the underdog. (4:00) This commentary is unavailable as an audio file. The text for "Sticking Up for Larry Doby" is available from the author by emailing him at: budbill@sover.net