National Poetry Month Special
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[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 14, 2022] To celebrate National Poetry Month, we talk to acclaimed author Colm TóibÃn about his debut poetry collection, Vinegar Hill, which discusses religion, death, sexuality, and the pandemic.
[REBROADCAST FROM March 3, 2023] For over thirty years, the work of the Booker Prize winning British-Nigerian author Ben Okri, known for his 1991 novel, The Famished Road, has gone unpublished in the U.S. Recently, two of Okri's works have been published in this country, including his latest poetry collection, A Fire in My Head. The collection includes poems about 2020's racial justice protests, the Grenfell Tower disaster, and the pandemic. Okri joins to discuss and read from the collection.
[REBROADCAST FROM February 28, 2023] Art and poetry collide in the new book from poet Reginald Dwayne Betts and artist Titus Kaphar. Titled, Redaction, the book combines words from Betts and art from Kaphar to explore how incarcerated people are treated by American society. It's an expansion on their MoMA PS1 show of the same name. Betts and Kaphar join us to discuss.
[REBROADCAST FROM January 11, 2023] Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner was recently nominated for a Grammy for his recent spoken-word album, Hiding In Plain View. He also stars in the series, "Accused," on Fox. He joins us to discuss his current projects.
[REBROADCAST FROM September 27, 2022] Woman Without Shame is celebrated author Sandra Cisneros's first poetry collection in 28 years. It includes poetry both in English and in Spanish, and is a chronicle of her life as an artist. Cisneros joins us to discuss.
