Carson Nobel Draws Praise Across Outlets; Markets Unmoved

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on Market Hours
Published 10:53 AM ET, Thursday, October 8, 2026

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “Canadian Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 10:53 AM ET on Market Hours, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Anne Carson, Nobel Prize.
BBN covered this story before: Literature Nobel Goes to Canada's Anne Carson (October 8).

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs we told you earlier, Anne Carson won the Nobel in literature.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNew: Reuters calls her genre-defying, the BBC quotes the Swedish Academy calling her work bold and inventive.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAP and the Guardian carry it too.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe S and P is off zero point two four percent at seven thousand seven hundred eighty-three, so poetry has not moved the tape.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA seventy-six-year-old poet just got a gold medal, Hank. That's a bull market in verse, and I'm long on rhymes.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPoets don't hedge, Vera. Nobody has ever won a Nobel for a balanced portfolio, which is why yours rhymes with disaster.