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Cave Canem Fellow Marcus Jackson
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of National Poetry Month continues with Marcus Jackson, a Cave Canem Fellow, who reads from his 2019 Ohioana Award-winning poetry b...

Bought by WNMU-FM and Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Shonda Buchanan - 431
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Shonda Buchanan discusses her memoir, "Black Indian." She also reads a short passage from the book.

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
John Grisham Writers Hour - James McBride
From: WMRA
Series: The John Grisham Writers Hour
Caption: John Grisham & James McBride, Credit: JMU Creative Media
Recorded in front of a live audience, WMRA and James Madison University present The John Grisham Writers Hour with special guest James McBride, a N...

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Alice Walker
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, and essayist Alice Walker talks with Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 2
317: Discovering America's Black DNA / 318: Story Worlds, 10/20/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
Poet and MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Multi-award-winning poet and MacArthur fellow, Terrance Hayes, reads from his fifth book, HOW TO BE DRAWN, winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
253: Discovering America's Black DNA / 254: Short Stories, 3/10/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
The Poet in the Electric Blue Suit
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Danez Smith, the author of "Don't Call Us Dead", Credit: David Hong
Danez Smith's poetry frankly addresses HIV, gay hookups and violence aimed at black men. At formal events, he's not afraid to go flamboyant. KFAI's...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-14) and Mississippi Poet Laureate (2012-16) Natasha Trethewey
From: New Letters on the Air
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Guest editor of BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2017, Natasha Trethewey talks about her her first creative non-fiction book, BEYOND KATRINA: A MEDITATION ON T...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
PN 17-11 "Nursery" by Kiki Petrosino
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Kiki Petrosino, poet
Kiki Petrosino imagines an escape from a fairy house.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, KHSU, and KALW


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
PN 16-41 “P R N D” by Tyrone Williams
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Tyrone Williams, poet
Tyrone Williams imagines a motorist’s confrontation with the police in a strip mall parking lot.

Bought by KENW, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 16-40 “rudie can’t fail in south padre” by Quraysh Ali Lansana
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Quraysh Ali Lansana, poet, Credit: Alan Tarin
Quraysh Ali Lansana recalls a compromised night on the U.S./Mexico border.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, PRX Remix, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Jacqueline Woodson, ANOTHER BROOKLYN & Deborah Levy HOT MILK
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson talks about her novel Another Brooklyn (longlisted for National Book Award.) It’s in the form of a coming-o...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Onaje Woodbine: Black Gods of the Asphalt Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Onaje Woodbine, author of “Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball,” a memoir that explores t...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 58:02
An African-American poet's tribute...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: NOVEMBER, 2015
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...To her late Eritrean-American husband, Ficre -- a painter, chef, and loving father -- in Elizabeth Alexander's new memoir, The Light Of The Worl...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Furious Flower: Rita Dove
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Every ten years, the Furious Flower Poetry Conference is held at James Madison University. This year, the event was dedicated to renowned poet Rita...

Bought by KENW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
Furious Flower Honors Rita Dove (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Notes from No Man's Land
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Essayist Ula Biss, author of Notes from No Man's Land, offers candid reflections on the role of race in her own life and in American history.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Chicagoans Consider Their Road Not Taken
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Robert Frost's famous poem helps us reflect on our own paths.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
Quilting the Black-eyed Pea
From: With Good Reason
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Poets Nikki Giovanni and Lucinda Roy discuss their roles as African American poets in contemporary America and share personal visions of the "Middl...

Bought by KPVL and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:51
  • Purchases: 2