Interview with Boston's poet laureate

Doug Holder talks to Sam Cornish on his influences, why he doesn't consider himself part of the '60s Black Arts Movement and on the importance of stripped-down poetry. Also:

... Right now I am available for people through the library and also through Mayor Menino's office. If people call and request my presence at a school or senior citizen's center, or where people would like a poet, I go. I try to be the person to bring a poem to people who might not read poetry, or those who want to talk to a poet about the craft. ...