ARTSPEAK RADIO with Jesse Kates, Ryan Wilks, KC Art Angels, & Rocket Grants

Wednesday January 10, 2018 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poet/musician/singer/songwriter Jesse Kates, KC Art Angels founder Juliare Julie Sterbach, painter Ryan Wilks, and Julia Cole & Mason Kilpatrick with Charlotte Street Foundation Rocket Grants. Jesse Kates is the songwriter, singer and guitarist behind pop band The Sexy Accident and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's creative writing program. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri with his wife Stephanie and sons Tobias and Jonas. "Extra Pith (Spartan Press) is Jesse Kates' first book of poems, but he writes with the subtlety and assurance of a well-seasoned veteran in this powerful debut collection. Mixing sharp, crisp, imagery with the sonorous wit of his song lyrics, Kates brings the full package to the page. In the daily struggles to balance love, family, marriage, and love again, he is always alert to the subtle emotional shifts that can so easily topple us. When all else is dark, Kates is out there trying to make out the faint glimmers for himself, and for his readers." - Jim Daniels, author of Rowing Inland and other books Website: http://jessekates.com/ Photo: http://jessekates.com/img/jesse-kates-hi-res.jpg KC Art Angels Fund was formed in the spring of 2016, born of the passion…