Texas Poet Twists Newsprint Into Prose | PBS NewsHour | Sept. 14, 2010 | PBS

The folks from PBS Newshour came out in July and filmed a segment for their Poetry Series, and it finally ran tonight!

Thanks very much to producer Mike Melia and videographer Dave Frederick for their awesome work. Here’s a shot of them eating BBQ after our 5-hour shoot.

That’s right: 5 hours! Mike told me you get about a minute of footage for every hour you shoot. Mike’s very good at pitching questions in the interview so that the subject ends up narrating the piece:

Here’s a bonus shot of Milo (who has a cameo in the piece) sniffing the camera equipment:

Watch the segment →