Professor Martin appeared on the program six times over the years. Herb
Martin lived and breathed poetry. He wrote it. He interpreted it. He
recited it. Herb celebrated poetry on a daily basis.
Dr. Martin was a devoted admirer of the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Dunbar was a Daytonian and a friend and contemporary of Orville and
Wilbur Wright. Herb Martin was a Dunbar scholar-listening to him
performing Dunbar's poems on the radio was one of those Book Nook
highlights that will always remain among my most cherished memories.
This memorial program contains excerpts from three of our interviews:
"The Shape of Regret" (2020)
"Sometimes Say My Name" (2021)
"On the Flyleaf" (2015)
The Book Nook airs Saturdays at 7 a.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. on WYSO 91.3 FM and streams at WYSO.org or wherever you get your podcasts.The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public Library, Clark County Public Library, Dayton Metro Library, Wright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public Library.
