William Stafford was a poet, a lifelong pacifist and National Book Award winner. He was a conscientious objector during WWII and taught at Lewis & Clark College for decades. Through archival stills and readings by Garrison Keillor, Paulann Petersen, Kim Stafford and Stafford himself, get to know the art, life and legacy of one of Oregon’s beloved poet laureates.

This episode first aired in January 2014.

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