Real Poetry, No Pretension
Episode 9 of the No Extra Words one person's search for story podcast, hosted by Kris Baker Dersch, titled "Real Poetry, No Pretension" was published on April 20, 2018 and runs 31 minutes.
April 20, 2018 ·31m · No Extra Words one person's search for story
Episode Description
Today's books are:
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: a celebration of poetry with a beat, edited by Nikki Giovanni. Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008
Out of Wonder: poems celebrating poets by Kwame Alexander. Candlewick Press, 2017.
Links to some of the things we talked about today:
poets.org on National Poetry Month
Last year's Poetry Month conversation with poet Kelly Russell Agodon on No Extra Words
Poet James Berry, who was featured in Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Tupac as most profane hip hop artist
The Atlantic o...
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