The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, December 31, 2006 "Benediction" by Stanley Kunitz, from The Collected Poems. © W.W. Norton. ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2006 ORIGINAL TEXT - 2006 It's the birthday of Odetta, born Odetta Holmes Filious, in Birmingham, Alabama (1930). She thought at first that she'd be an opera singer, but she heard folk music in San Francisco and decided that was the kind of music that said what she wanted to say. She went on to win the National Medal for Achievement in the Arts.
The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, December 31, 2006
The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, December…
The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, December 31, 2006
The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, December 31, 2006 "Benediction" by Stanley Kunitz, from The Collected Poems. © W.W. Norton. ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2006 ORIGINAL TEXT - 2006 It's the birthday of Odetta, born Odetta Holmes Filious, in Birmingham, Alabama (1930). She thought at first that she'd be an opera singer, but she heard folk music in San Francisco and decided that was the kind of music that said what she wanted to say. She went on to win the National Medal for Achievement in the Arts.