September 13, 2009
Stephanie Silvia of Trinidad CA reads from the anthology Women.Period, as well as from her work which details surviving cancer, and promotes the Humboldt County Breast Health Project benefit at the Beachcomber Cafe. Listen
Hosted by Rachel Wheeler
August, 23, 2009
Portland’s John Dooley (words) and Gary Glover (music) drop by the KHSU studio to discuss the mix of strange spoken word and atmospheric music that they call “poetry with knuckles”, a.k.a. Hydropods. Listen
Hosted by Tim Ayres
August 9, 2009
Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, and it is also the nickname of a regular performer at the local open mic Poets on the Plaza. He discusses his activism, how living outdoors effects poetry, and performs some Haiku of his own. Listen
Hosted by Tim Ayres
July 12, 2009
Poems on similar topics by male and female poets, including Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, Mark Strand and Marianne Moore, Conrad Aiken and Adrienne Rich, Theodore Roethke and Edna St. Vincent Millay, Scott Cairns and Jane Kenyon, Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry, read and discussed by John Brugaletta and Rachel Wheeler.
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June 28, 2009
Featured on NPR, Air America and Free Speech TV, award winning slam poet Andrea Gibson discusses her life and performs her work, which includes a new CD Yellowbird. Listen
Hosted by Lorena Boswell
June 14. 2009
Trinidad painter Kathrin Burleson reads her poems about faith and her travels to Mexico. Listen
Hosted by John Brugaletta
May 24, 2009
The debut of a new literary form: zombies + poetry = Zombipo.
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Hosted by Brent Jenkins
May 10, 2009
Former MRA host Nick Karavatos returns to the show on a visit from the United Arab Emirates. Nick’s collage of international imagery is accompanied by guitarist Jeff Kelley with his wide array of sound bending foot pedals for an improvised collaboration at the KHSU studio. Listen
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Hosted by Tim Ayres
April 26, 2009
Billy Tuggle is a performance poet born of Chicago’s first generation of HipHop. Fueled by political activism and a desire to educate, he was the 2008 Mental Graffiti Grand Slam Champion and has published a collection of poetry, Conscience Under Pressure. Listen
Hosted by Vanessa Pike and Mischief Mic from the Accident Lab.
