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American poet WD Snodgrass won several awards including the Pulitzer Prize for his first collection of poetry, "Hearts Needle". His controversial fifth anthology "The Führer Bunker" received heavy criticism but in recent years their importance has been recognised. [Listener: William B. Patrick]

TRANSCRIPT: First of all, you just simply do take in a deep breath and, and hold it out. You don't try to make it uncomfortable or something because that'll mean str… tightening up, straining other muscles. But you're straining… you're developing these muscles here as the driving force. In here there's a kind of valve, and you… you do a lot of huh, hee, huh, ho, things like that. Then you're bringing the voice forward, so you do things like… let's play tennis. Let's play… breeze will ease the trees. Send the weather west. Fawns upon the lawns. Moats will float the boats. Now this I learned from my singing teacher here. This is his tribute to a New Guinea tribesman. Toot the snooter flute.