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Sonia Sanchez performing a poem

Poetry Month: Totally Like Whatever {format} {format} 3:16 Taylor Mali

From the CD Conviction. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 20 2005 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Poetry Month Subjects: Literature, Youth, Spoken Word


Sonia Sanchez performing a poem

Poetry Month: Song No.2 {format} {format} 2:40 Steve Rowland

Sonia Sanchez performs her poem "To all you youndg girls." Produced by Steve Rowland and mixed by Joe Waters (a commission from WXPN with funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts) with original music by Jamaaladeen Tacuma. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 14 2005 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Poetry Month Subjects: Spoken Word, Literature, African American, Women


Cover of Alex Caldiero book

Poetry Month: Poetry is Wanted Here {format} {format} 4:23 Alex Caldiero

From the collection Various Atmospheres. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 6 2005 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Poetry Month Subjects: Literature, Spoken Word


Larry driving with and his dog Bo

PRODUCER: Larry Massett {format} Larry Massett

URL linkTHE MEDIUM IS THE MASSETT– Larry Massett is the Story Editor for (((HearingVoices))). He has corralled many of our unruly, runaway stories back into a coherent structure. Below are some of his audio-works and his thoughts on making great radio stories.

Broadcast: Jan 1 2005 on HV Webwork Subjects: Travel, Media, Literature


Jan Kerouac

Jan & Jack Kerouac {format} 6:57 Marjorie Van Halteren

A father-daughter dialog: Jack Kerouac’s daughter Jan, reads her an ode to her rarely seen dad; intertwined with Kerouac’s speeches and prose.

Broadcast: Sep 11 2004 on PRI/WNYC Studio 360 Subjects: Family, Literature


Wildly painted trailer

Poetry Combine {format} {format} 7:37 Andrei Codrescu & Larry Massett

A trio of poetry students from Louisiana State University are introduced to the poets on the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, with the assignment to write poems about the people they met. The combine encounters a hot dog vendor, a stripper and a club owner. [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 9 2004 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Cultural, Literature


Cover of Caldiero’s book

Alex Caldiero- Poet? {format} {format} 5:41 Scott Carrier

When is a poet not a poet? And when should he just say he is? For National Poetry Month a profile of Alex Caldiero, who is a poet, a writer and a performance artist -- but thinks of himself as none of the above. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 27 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Poetry Month Subjects: Art, Literature


Andrei Codrescu at amusement park

Eyes of Sibiu {format} 12:15 Andrei Codrescu & Larry Massett

Andrei returns to Romania, his homeland. "Look at the old lady looking out. She’s been looking out for three hundred years. And she’s still curious. She looks like she’s seen everyone: the Romans in their sandals, Germans in jackboots, gypsies with feet of silver, and the communists in their dialectical slippers; and pretty soon, the rollerblades will be coming. She’s not going anywhere." [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 13 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: International, Travel, Literature, Historical


A woman surrounded by leaves

Her Stories {format} 59:00 Jay Allison, Kitchen Sisters, Ginger Miles, Dmae Roberts, Steve Rowland, Jake Warga & [Hearing Voices]

URL linkHER STORIES- a (((Hearing Voices))) Women's History Month special. Hosted by Dmae Roberts of Stories1st.org, featuring: "Tupperware®" by the Kitchen Sisters- the one-time staple of American housewifery: the Tupperware® party. "Donna Checks Out Her Life" by Tom Lopez / ZBS- Asupermarket checker, scans the items in her existence. "Home From Africa" by Jake Warga, edited by Jay Allison- Jenifir returns from Benin with all 13 Symptoms of Chronic Peace Corps Withdrawal. "Sisters" by Dmae Roberts- A montaged discussion what it's like to have and be a sister. "Ruby" by Susan Stone- A new syntax of whispers and words tells the story of a woman and her husbands. "Sooner or Later" by Ginger Miles- A sound-portrait of the producer's friend, Anna Lee, a jazz photographer in lower Manhattan, recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Poems by Sonia Sanchez produced for radio by Steve Rowland and mixed by Joe Waters with original music by Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Joe Waters. And poems by spoken-word artists Tracie Morris, Jill Battson and Meryn Cadell. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Mar 1 2003 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: International, Family, Literature, Specials, Women


Sarah as a child wearing Indian chief headdress

PRODUCER: Sarah Vowell {format} Sarah Vowell

URL linkCONSONANT VOWELLS– A gallery of radio works, essays and books by Violet Incredible.

Broadcast: Jan 1 2002 on HV Webwork Subjects: Literature, Entertainment, Politics, Native





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