The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1995, 2001 and 2005 about poetry, Sept. 11 and his concerns about how intertwined politics and religion had become. Carter died on Dec. 29 at age 100.

Jimmy Carter was the first politician to get me excited about politics. After I watched the congressional Watergate hearings with my mom after school, Carter's promise that he would never lie to ...

A book called “The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter” was released last month. Mark West is an English professor at UNC Charlotte and co-editor of the book. He joins WFAE’s Marshall Terry to ...