Articles Tagged ‘ poetry_out_loud ’

Poetry From the Grassroots

April 22nd, 2008

Hip-hop, poetry slams, and more: it’s the SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION REDUX. We talk with editor Mark Eleveld about poetry in performance and hear cuts off the CD accompanying the book. Also, on Writer’s Voice we’ve featured some of the most famous poets in the English language. They occupy the heights of what many think is [...]

Podcast of NEA Chairman Dana Gioia

January 13th, 2007

We talk with National Endowment for the Arts chairman Dana Gioia about poetry, the state of reading in America, and what government can do to promote literature. We also play a selection from POETRY OUT LOUD, a CD produced by the NEA and the Poetry Foundation. On our show for broadcast, we read Jour de [...]