Prison Poetry Workshop
Series produced by Narrative Arts
Sending radio waves through prison walls we reach an audience with content that may change their life. The Prison Poetry Workshop is the only national radio series linking prisoners to the outside world through the power of poetry. Each program has an interactive writing exercise lead by a nationally renowned poet that invites all listeners to submit a poem to the Prison Poetry Workshop.
Sit in any prison classroom or recreation room and ask: How many writers are in the room? How many people are writing rhymes or poems? Carefully-folded pieces of paper come out of pockets – words written in tightly stylized hand-writing. As we listen to these poems we realize they hold a deep significance to our understanding of American culture and its tradition of democratic arts.
Prison Poetry Workshop is a public radio show, hosted by Rend Smith, that travels across the country exploring the history and stories connected to the prison poetry literary form.
Each hour-long program focuses on a geographic location, exploring the prison poetry and poets who live there through interviews, commentary, recordings, workshops, and listener-generated content.
8 Pieces
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 54:35
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 53:04
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:27
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 50:03
- Purchases: 2
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WWNO, Troy Public Radio, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 54:18
- Purchases: 4
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 54:24
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:09
- Purchases: 3