July 12, 2009
Poems on similar topics by male and female poets, read and discussed by John Brugaletta and Rachel Wheeler. Part one of two.
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Verses: His & Hers
Posted in Radio Programs on July 14, 2009 by Tim AyresAndrea Gibson
Posted in Radio Programs with tags activism, Proposition 8, slam poetry on July 1, 2009 by Tim AyresJune 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
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Kathrin Burleson
Posted in Radio Programs with tags mexico, poetry on June 18, 2009 by Tim AyresJune 14. 2009
Trinidad painter Kathrin Burleson reads her poems about faith and her travels to Mexico. Listen
Hosted by John Brugaletta
Zombipo
Posted in Radio Programs with tags brains, George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, Oulipo, poetry, rigor mortis and penmanship, undead, zombies on May 27, 2009 by Tim AyresMay 24, 2009
The debut of a new literary form: zombies + poetry = Zombipo.
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Nicholas Karavatos & Jeff Kelley
Posted in Radio Programs with tags Dubai, guitar, Humboldt, United Arab Emirates on May 11, 2009 by Tim AyresMay 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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Billy Tuggle
Posted in Radio Programs with tags Chicago, HipHop, Mental Graffiti, rap, slam poetry on April 28, 2009 by Tim AyresApril 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.
Tim’m West
Posted in Radio Programs with tags African American, Arkansas, Black, father, gay, hip hop, Proposition 8, queer, rap on March 24, 2009 by Tim AyresMarch 22, 2009
Raised in Arkansas, educated at Duke, The New School, and Stanford universities, lecturer and hip hop artist Tim’m West reads poetry from his books Red Dirt Revival: A Poetic Memoir in 6 Breaths and Flirting, which explore being black and gay in America.
All music by Tim’m West from the CDs Songs From Red Dirt, Blakkboy Blue(s), and In Security: The Golden Error
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John Brugaletta
Posted in Radio Programs on March 10, 2009 by Tim AyresMarch 8, 2009
John J. Brugaletta is a retired English professor from the California State University at Fullerton. He has published two volumes of poetry, The Tongue Angles and Tilling the Land, a chapbook, Apologias, and numerous poems in periodicals. Gardening, woodworking, and reading tend to feed his various poetic styles from humorous narrative poems to others that grapple with weighty theological questions. Listen
Hosted by Rachel Wheeler
David Holper
Posted in Radio Programs on February 26, 2009 by Tim AyresFebruary 22, 2009
David Holper reads from his new collection of poetry, 64 Questions, and talks of social responsibility and experiences of loss. Listen
Hosted by Rachel Wheeler
