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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Charles Simic.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic. He is part Serbian, and was born in Belgrade. He emigrated to the U.S. as a teenager over 40 years ago. His new collection of poems is "Jackstraws" (Harcourt Brace). SIMIC also edited and translated an anthology of Serbian poetry, "The Horse Has Six Legs" (Graywolf Press, 1992)

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Other segments from the episode on April 28, 1999

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 28, 1999: Interview with Joy Behar; Review of Kevin Baker's novel "Dreamland"; Interview with Charles Simic; Review of Pierre Boulez and Arnold Schoenberg's album …

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