The Writer's Almanac from Monday, February 5, 2001 "To Elsie," by William Carlos Williams, from The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams (New Directions). ORIGINAL TEXT - 2001 ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2001 It's the birthday of Elizabeth Swados, born in Buffalo, New York (1951), into a family of artists and performers. She was part of the avant-garde La Mama Theatre Group in New York, where she did an adaptation of
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