Poetry

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Buscando America on 11/29/22

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2022 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión conoce a Amenic Boom Bap y a Mafia Soul con su nuevo sencillo Somos Humanidad. Desde Oaxaca escuchamos una probadita de lo que sucedió en la presentación del libro Hacedoras de estrellas, la nueva publicación de Lluvia Obsidiana. Además vamos a estar esuchan... Read more

Bayo Akomolafe on Coming Alive to Other Senses

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  We're taking a pause this week from our regular episodes to promote our first Slow Study with Bayo Akomolafe. In celebration, we are rebroadcasting our recent interview, "Bayo Akomolafe on Coming Alive to Other Senses."   In this encore, Bayo Akomolafe guides listeners o... Read more

Maya Khosla on What the Forest Holds

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  What can the forest teach us of grief, of joy, of humanity? This week, poet and scientist Maya Khosla invites listeners into the forests of Northern California to find deep reverence for the power of biodiversity. Maya's expertise on wildfires shines through this deep an... Read more

Talking Earth: Gaines, Tolentino, Raphael: November 21, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
This episode of The Talking Earth, hosted by dan raphael, will feature Josh Gaines,, dan raphael (last minute fill-in) and Armin Tolentino o (as first broadcast May of 21.) As usual I'll throw in poems by a couple other poets. Josh Gaines ditched a promising military career... Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Emmett Wheatfall

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 1 of 2)

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
From poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest and humanitarian Chris Abani, comes his latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile and rebirth. Part 1 of 2. Read more

Wider Window Poetry Celebrates Asian-American Poets

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Bayo Akomolafe and Sophie Strand - Cultivating New Gods in These Urgent Times

Airs at: Fri, 10/28/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Magical Mystery Tour
  This is a fascinating out of the box conversation between Bayo Akomolafe and Sophie Strand. Sophie Strand is a poet and writer who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, mythology, storytelling, and ecology. She likes to think of herself as a neo-troubadour animis... Read more

Portland Book Festival 2022 Preview

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s been a long, hellishly hot and smoky summer here in Portland. But it seems like fall has finally arrived. Along with the rain and cooler temperatures, we look forward, as we do every year, to the big holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Sukkot – and a few che... Read more

Prisons Have a Long Memory: Bridgeworks Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews folks from Bridgeworks Oregon about their most recent book project "Prisons Have a Long Memory."   Sterling Cunio is a spoken word poet and author who dedicated life to the service of others while inside the Oregon Department of Corrections where ... Read more