PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: S. A. Cosby
S..A. Cosby is an Anthony award winning writer from Southeastern Virginia.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 15:10
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Award-winning poet Geffrey Davis discusses his collection, "Night Angler." He also reads several poems from the collection.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sipho Gumbo, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - Sipho Gumbo, the creator of Yangu Beauty, sought out a leading expert in skincare chemistry to help transform her authentic recipes in...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 04:24
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How do cultural constructs, like race, influence our relationship to the natural world? Poet and professor Camille Dungy explores this question by ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 25:50
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Tonight’s show, Shadows are Black: Slavery’s Long Setting, features a discussion on the text and context of Herman Melville’s 1855 novella “Benito ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 57:12
Caption: Kyes Stevens
We asked poet Kyes Steven of Auburn University's Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project to record a workshop for us. Take a listen. Prison Poetr...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
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This show features the work of younger poets whose first books were published as a result of winning the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, including Natasha...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00