Random Poet Podcasts

With her new podcast, “As I Was Saying…” author, activist, and spoken word artist Cheyenne Tyler Jacobs furthers her desire for change with a podcast that is sure to ignite conversation. So consider her your new bestie who is not going to let you sit and stay in a close minded space. Cheyenne does this by having the difficult, the taboo, and the real conversations while giving a platform to folks doing the work. Subscribe to As I Was Saying… because we are on a mission to cut boundaries and make this a inclusive, happier, and more fulfilled world.

Categories: Arts, Education, Society & Culture

Tags: activism, black, change, entrepreneur, inspire, interview, millennial, poet, women

A poetry podcast where we explore featured poems, poets, and all things poetry! Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Sources! Academy of … Continue reading Ep 6: “Harlem,” Langston Hughes

Categories: Arts, Education

Tags: himh, honey in my hair, poem, poems, poet, poetry

The WHRO Writer’s Block brings together local artists who share a common bond—expressing themselves through writing. Performers include local poets and slam poets, spoken word artists, storytellers, and authors with interludes of music by some of the region’s top musicians. Topics vary from the environment and war to love and race relations. Works range from somber and thought-provoking to lighthearted and comical.

Categories: Arts

Tags: Literature, poet, poetry, slam poetry, spoken word, story, storytelling, WHRV, Writer, writing, written word

The So and So Series hosts 3-4 poets each month. Chris Tonelli is host and curator. This podcast is a recording of those events. [itunes pic]
The So and So Series Reading No. 30 The final reading to be held in Boston. At the Distillery in South Boston, MA on Saturday, October 11, 2008 This month’s poets are Dorothea Lasky, Dara Weir, and James Tate! Due to technical difficulties, only portions of the recordings were captured. Part Two features the words and poems of James Tate. The final installment of the this series of broadsides is also here. This month’s artist is Robert daVies. For more information on the Manila Broadsides and our collaboration with this small press, visit: http://rope-a-dope-press.blogspot.com/ All rights reserved. Look for our readings come 2009 in North Carolina. About the Poets: Dorothea Lasky was born in St. Louis in 1978. She is the author of the full-length collection of poems, AWE (Wave Books, 2007), as well as the chapbooks Alphabets and Portraits and The Hatmaker’s Wife. She has attended Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She currently lives in Philadelphia, where she co-edits the Katalanché Press chapbook series and is pursuing her doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania. Dara Wier is the author of ten collections of poetry, most recently Remnants of Hannah and Reverse Rapture (Wave Books, 2006 and 2005, respectively). She has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA and The American Poetry Review. She directs the MFA program for poets and writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-directs the University of Massachusetts’ Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action. James Tate is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, most recently The Ghost Soldier (Ecco, 2008). His Selected Poems won the Pulitzer Prize and the William Carlos Williams Award in 1991. His other honors include a National Book Award and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Categories: Arts

Tags: Boston, Cambridge, poem, poet, poetry, Press, readings, ropeadope, spoken, thesoandsoseries, tonelli, word, writers, writing