{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bookmark with Don Noble - May Lamar (2014)","description":"Sydney Lanier was for years famous as the poet of the confederacy.&amp;nbsp; Southern boys and girls would memorize large swatches of&amp;nbsp;The Song of the Chattahoocheee&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;The Marshes of Glynn.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Except for his time as a prisoner in the Union POW camp, however, little was known about Lanier's short 39 year life.&amp;nbsp; May Lamar of Montgomery, AL has done her research and written an engaging biographical novel dramatizing Lanier's college days.&amp;nbsp; He struggles with illness and poverty during reconstruction and his fierce determination to be an artist.&amp;nbsp; Don spoke with May Lamar at the annual Alabama Writer's Symposium in Monroeville, AL.&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Bookmark with Don Noble","author_url":"http:\/\/bookmark.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36567470\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/36567470"}