Robert Bly, Donald Hall,
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LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS was a limited series produced by Prairie Home Productions in 2005 where Garrison Keillor invited American writers to talk about their friendships with one another—and with one another's work—in front of a live audience. Robert Bly and Donald Hall (Copy from 2005 program) 2 poets, 50 years, 3,000 letters Robert Bly and Donald Hall are two of the leading figures in American letters. They met as undergraduates at Harvard in the late 1940s, where Bly first published Hall's poetry in the school literary journal. Through letters and visits, they've corresponded for over 50 years. Robert Bly is a National Book Award-winning poet, storyteller, and essayist. He has translated Rilke, Neruda, and others, and has most recently published The Insanity of Empire: Poems Against the Iraq War. Donald Hall was the first poetry editor of the Paris Review and has served as the New Hampshire Poet Laureate. He has written numerous books of poetry and prose; his most recent book, The Painted Bed, examines his grief at the loss of his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon, and explores the life he has lived since.