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• When grief won't go away
  Scientists have determined that the brain may be biologically hardwired to keep us from getting over the death of a loved one. Midmorning discusses the kinds treatment available for this intense bereavement.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Mary-Frances O'Connor: Professor of psychiatry at UCLA school of medicine.
  Katherine Shear: Professor of psychiatry in social work at Columbia University.
  Resources
  About Mary-Frances O'Connor
  About Katherine Shear
• A man of science and letters
  William Carlos Williams is one of the most celebrated American poets of the 20th century, yet he toiled in obscurity for much of his life. Midmorning examines the life and the work of the man who delivered babies by day, and wrote poetry by night.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Neil Baldwin: Poet, historian and author of "To All Gentleness: William Carlos Williams, the Doctor-Poet."
  Bill Zavatsky: Poet and English teacher at Trinity High School in New York. His most recent volume of poetry is "Where X Marks the Spot."
  Resources
  About Neil Baldwin
  About Bill Zavatsky
  Recordings of William Carlos Williams
  Friends of Minneapolis Public Library

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