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Jay-Z at the Library
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Over 14,000 patrons have signed up for their first library card since Jay-Z's exhibit came to Central Library in mid-July. We talk to Brooklynites ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 07:49
UpFront Soul #2023.16-April 18-24, 2023- Poetry Month Special
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Jessica Care Moore
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KZUM, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 14
The Past American Voice of Former California Poet Laureate Al Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue Black History Month with the Past American Voice of Al Young, the two-time American Book Award winner, who passed away in 2021 at age 8...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
UpFront Soul #2022.15-April 12-18, 2022
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Gil Scott-Heron
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by WOMR, KAAD-LP, RADIOLEX, KCHW, KSTK and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
"Peace Be Still: Commemmorating The 50th Anniversary of Nikki Giovanni's Truth Is On Its Way"
From: KPVU
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"PEACE BE STILL: COMMEMORATING THE 50 ANNIVERSARY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI'S ALBUM TRUTH IS ON ITS WAY" IS AN AUDIO DOCUMENTARY THAT DELVES INTO HER POE...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 57:42
Kansas City Poet Stanley Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
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Kansas City poet Stanley E. Banks reads from his collected poems, BLUE BEAT SYNCOPATION, and talks about overcoming the hardships of growing up in ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poetic Justice (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state -- one that char...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMUU-LP, WXDU, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Poetic Justice (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state -- one that char...

Bought by WSGE, KRDP, WJCT, KVSC, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Poetic Justice (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller (Invisibilia) discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state --...

Bought by KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
The Lovers of The Poor
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music which reacts to racism and social unrest.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2020
  • Length: 56:34
  • Purchases: 1
UpFront Soul #2020.16 -April 20-26 - Poetry Month
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Nikki Giovanni
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KHNS, WOUB, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 9
Live From Hill: Lawrence Brownlee and Eric Owens
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Caption: Lawrence Brownlee and Eric Owens
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee and bass-baritone Eric Owens in concert at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The preshow "Continuing In Their Footst...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:12:17
Inaugural Kansas City 18th & Vine Poet Laureate Glenn North
From: New Letters on the Air
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New Letters on the Air features Glenn North, the inaugural Poet Laureate of the 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District. This Cave Canem fellow shares...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Poetic Justice (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller (Invisibilia) discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state-- ...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, WTJU, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
UpFront Soul #2019.14- Poetry Month Special - April 8-14
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Langston Hughes
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, Royalton Community Radio, KBBI Alaska, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
WoodSongs 955E: Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi and The Affrilachian Poets
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Caption: Guy and Fabrizio pay homage to the legendary blues duo Sonny & Brownie.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes blues master Guy Davis and Italian harmonica virtuso Fabrizio P...

Bought by WLIW, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, WEKU, WETS and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 11
Award-winning Poet and Cave Canem Fellow Marcus Wicker
From: New Letters on the Air
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Michigan native Marcus Wicker reads from his 2011 National Poetry Series winning collection, MAYBE THE SADDEST THING, which was also a finalist for...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Brotherly Love
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2019
  • Length: 57:58
More with Award Winning Poet Al Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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In the second half of our conversation with former California Poet Laureate Al Young, he shares more from his book SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: AN UN...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 17-03 "I Wanna Be Ur Lover (1979)" by Douglas Kearney
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Douglas Kearney, poet, Credit: Rafael Hernandez
Douglas Kearney pays tribute to the late music icon Prince.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Black History Special! "Hughes' Blues: The Langston Hughes Songbook"
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
UpFront Soul #2017.16 -Poetry Month Special - April 17-23, 2017
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Touissant St. Negritude
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by KMXT, WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2016.17 - Poetry Month Special - April 25-May 1, 2016
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Nikki Giovanni
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSRQ, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 7
Cultural Critic Rashod Ollison on music and memories
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sheer Good Fortune (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An interview with, and tribute to, Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. Also: The Civil Rights Movement and television. Plus: the singer Odetta.

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7