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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome The Last Word, a unique ensemble combining music and poetry simultaneously, featuring pianist Bob Long, s...

Bought by WLPR , WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 3
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How do you do become an empowered woman when you're not yet a woman? A tribute to teenage Betty Friedans and Gloria Steinams everywhere. The Mortif...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 23:26
Caption: David Shook, poet
David Shook responds to a poem by Pablo Neruda with his own poem set in present-day Middle East.

Bought by KUER, KENW, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Marie Buck describes relaxing activities many people like to do, and one rather unpleasant one.

Bought by KENW and KALW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Yusef Komunyakaa, poet
Yusef Komunyakaa remembers a swimming hole frequented as a child.

Bought by KALW, KENW, KHSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Idra Novey, poet, Credit: Donata Zannoti
Idra Novey imagines the thoughts of a man pregnant with a panda bear.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: David Trinidad, poet, Credit: Alyssa Lynee
David Trinidad describes a movie set for a cop film set in 1970s San Francisco.

Bought by KALW, WOUB, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Farnoosh Fathi, poet
Farnoosh Fathi reads a poem on the occasion of poet John Ashbery’s 87th birthday.

Bought by KVNO, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Gary Lee Joyner is a musician, visual artist,teacher and poet from the Twin Cities. He describes the map of his activities as an archipelago of isl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Danielle Cheri is a writer, musician and hip hop artist from Minneapolis. She's recorded her work and published a collection of short stories and p...

Bought by KRZA and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
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Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
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Schoolcraft Learning Community's middle school students read Inge Auerbacher's book 'I am a Star'. Inge Auerbacher was one of the very few childre...

  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:20
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Originally from the Finger Lakes area of New York state. She's a world traveler who settled in at the University of Michigan for her BFA degree in ...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:50
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Originally from the Finger Lakes area of New York state. She's a world traveler who settled in at the University of Michigan for her BFA degree in ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dudley Randall
Michigan has always been home to a number of bustling American enterprises, including the prison industry. Each year, the state's correctional faci...

Bought by WWNO and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 54:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: jazz 88 logo
In the 2012-13 school year, a team of poets and educators helped Minneapolis public school students write poetry reflecting their experiences. The ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A recent reading at 851: The Squat
Given the high demand for living space in San Francisco, it may be hard to believe that any apartment is sitting around empty. But there's at least...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Philip Levine
Philip Levine talks about his relationship to New York City as well as Detroit's Diego Rivera murals and their impact on his youth and poetry. He...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux discusses the deconstruction of the alphabet as part of her creative process. "What the Body can Say," is read as the poem of the we...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
Caption: Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze and hosts discuss the Santa Fe and Chihuahuan desert and how vastness comes through in the pace of poems. Sze reads the Poem of the Wee...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01