Maurice Manning has published seven books&nbsp;of poetry. His first book,&nbsp;Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, and his fourth,&nbsp;The Common Man, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.&nbsp; Be sure to look for books by Manning in our online catalog. Links:<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maurice-manning " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bio and poems&nbsp;at the Poetry Foundation</a><a href="https://gardenandgun.com/feature/poet-maurice-manning-voice-wilderness/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Article in Garden &amp; Gun</a><a href="https://plumepoetry.com/maurice-manning-railsplitter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interview at&nbsp;Plume</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F802DnOTN8s " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Manning Reading at the Sewanee Writer's Conference (Video)</a>Music:"<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/field-report-vol-vi-bayocean-instrumental/just-a-memory-now-instrumental" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Just A Memory Now (Instrumental)</a>" by <a href="https://www.soundofpicture.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chad Crouch</a> is licensed under <a href="%22Just%20A%20Memory%20Now%20(Instrumental)%22%20by%20Chad%20Crouch%20is%20licensed%20under%20CC%20BY%20NC%204.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CC</a><a href="%22Just%20A%20Memory%20Now%20(Instrumental)%22%20by%20Chad%20Crouch%20is%20licensed%20under%20CC%20BY%20NC%204.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BY NC 4.0</a> / with modifications

In each episode of The Beat, host Alan May introduces a poet and we hear one or two poems, usually read and recorded by the poets themselves. 

The Beat is produced by Knox County Public Library in Knoxville, Tenn.