This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration Day quotes spoken by U.S. presidents or poets during inaugurations ...

He is the author of “The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy ... poet? Carter’s interest started his first year home from the Navy, when he was working in a warehouse: “In my free time, I read, ...

The 39th president, Jimmy Carter ... Inauguration Poem, inviting Maya Angelou to present her work "On the Pulse of Morning." John F. Kennedy had initiated the feature by asking Robert Frost to ...

Former President Jimmy ... poetry, particularly the work of the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas Carter was reportedly a highly proficient speed reader. At one point, he claimed to be able to read 2,000 ...

Who was the first president to invite a poet to read at ... his unpretentious style, Carter used “Jimmy” instead of “James Earl” at his swearing-in. His inauguration departed from ...

Former U.S. president, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and prolific author Jimmy ... Carter’s titles, all bestsellers, since 2001.) "President Carter wrote memoirs, calls to action, fiction, poet ...

Jimmy Carter’s life as a farmer ... began shortly after Carter met Miller Williams during Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1996. Williams was a poet who read his poem "Of History and Hope” during ...