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Juleus Ghunta is a published children's author and award-winning poet. But growing up, he could barely read. That was until a teacher saw his potential.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with poet Callie Siskel about her latest collection "Two Minds." Siskel lost her father when she was 12, and writes about making loss part of living.
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Today's Beautiful Music is a nod to William Shakespeare during Poetry Month. O MISTRESS MINE is from Shakespeare's THE TWELFTH NIGHT, and in the play is sung by the character Feste.
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Today's Beautiful Music is a composition for Woodwind quintet, String quartet, Jazz trio and Orator. The star-studded performance of PASSION FOR BACH AND COLTRANE also includes Imani Winds and Harlem Quartet.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to poet and author Omotara James about her collection which explores self-love in a Black, fat body. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a Lambda literary fellow.
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NPR's Camila Domonoske speaks with Brontez Purnell about his new book, Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse.
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The 12-inch vinyl release of "House of Unending" by Reginald Dwayne Betts coming in August, combines poetry, music and some unplanned interruptions.
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April is the gateway to spring and also, appropriately, National Poetry Month. Poetry is a high art and an enormously important part of the Western…
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The city of Norwich, Connecticut, is choosing its first ever poet laureate.Last year the City Council created the honorary position. It assembled a…