Don Moore
Program Host
Dr. Don tells us that he has been with both the LSU English Department and WRKF longer than he intended. In our case, he began "The Spoken Word" just after WRKF first aired in 1980, with a recording featuring actor James Mason reading from Robert Browning. Don himself read a Hemingway story on the second program, and then: "I meant to do the program for perhaps six months. That was over twenty years ago; the show still airs; and I still haven't been paid. Where did I go wrong?" But he does enjoy sharing good literature, he likes his free T shirts, and he says, "I get to hug Shirley and Karen once a week, and it's also essential to remind Baton Rouge of Bob Mooberry's professional inadequacies." (And yes, sometimes Bob does talk about Don--an amusing sideshow feature at WRKF for these many years.) Meanwhile Don remains an award-winning Professor of English at LSU, widely known for his Shakespeare classes and as still the "best Juliet-with-a-beard," anywhere. He notes that back in Nashville in the first grade, he was often asked to read aloud to his class. Years later, he still does, and he also remains Reader to the City on WRKF. You can listen to Don Moore's The Spoken Word, Sunday nights from 6-7pm on WRKF 89.3FM.