Podcasts about baltimore youth poet laureate

After a busy couple weeks at Close Talking headquarters, a slightly different show. This episode is from our sister-podcast, Poetry Spoken Here. The episode first aired in the summer of 2020 and was simply called "Black Lives Matter." The poems and voices featured are all from the Poetry Spoken Here archives and address race, policing, and more. Readers include Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown, the youngest ever Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr, Chicago-area slam legend Maria "Mama" McCray, Sillerman First Book Prize winner Ladan Osman, and SlamFind creator and Bowery Arts and Science Executive Director Mason Granger. You can listen to full readings, and interviews with the poets featured in this episode, here: Jericho Brown, Episode #100: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-100-jericho-brown-reading-at-the-unamuno-author-festival Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr, Episode #085: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-085-maren-lovey-wright-kerr-and-lynne-sharon-schwartz-reviewed Maria "Mama" McCray, Episode #058: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-058-tribute-to-maria-mama-mccray Ladan Osman, Episode #023: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-023-ladan-osman-and-the-book-thing Mason Granger, Episode #034: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-034-mason-granger-and-billy-collins Check out episodes of Close Talking on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCCCSpjZcN1hIsG4aDrT3ouw Find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking 
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In this episode we revisit poems from the Poetry Spoken Here archives that address race, policing, and more. Readers include recent Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, the youngest ever Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr, Chicago-area slam legend Maria "Mama" McCray, Sillerman First Book Prize winner Ladan Osman, and SlamFind creator and Bowery Arts and Science Executive Director Mason Granger. You can listen to full readings, and interviews with the poets featured in today's episode, here: Jericho Brown, Episode #100: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-100-jericho-brown-reading-at-the-unamuno-author-festival Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr, Episode #085: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-085-maren-lovey-wright-kerr-and-lynne-sharon-schwartz-reviewed Maria "Mama" McCray, Episode #058: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-058-tribute-to-maria-mama-mccray Ladan Osman, Episode #023: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-023-ladan-osman-and-the-book-thing Mason Granger, Episode #034: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-034-mason-granger-and-billy-collins SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Maren (Lovey) Wright-Kerr, youngest ever and current Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, and the Baltimore Youth Grand Slam Champion reads poetry that shows why she is so honored. You won't want to miss this slammer with substance. In the second part of the show host Charlie Rossiter reads and discusses the poetry of Lynne Sharon Schwartz. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

(This program was originally broadcast on September 5, 2018)Today, an archive edition of Midday on Poetry: Tom and his guests explore a variety of poetic styles that all resonate with universal themes. Tom is joined first by two local poets who enjoy international acclaim.Michael Collier has written numerous books of poetry over the past forty years, including The Ledge -- a finalist for the 2000 National Book Critics Circle Award. He served as Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2001-2004, and he stepped down last year after more than two decades as director of the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference program at Middlebury College, in Vermont. He continues to lead the creative writing program at the University of Maryland in College Park. His latest evocative collection, published by the University of Chicago Press, is called My Bishop and Other Poems.And Elizabeth Spires is the author of seven collections of poetry and six critically acclaimed children’s books. She is a Professor of English at Goucher College, where she holds the Chair for Distinguished Achievement. Spires' new book is a searing collection of probing and poignant work called A Memory of the Future. Then, Midday on Poetry continues with some champion slam poets. Tom is joined in the studio by five members of the Dewmore Baltimore Youth Poetry Team. The team is fresh from their win this past July at The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, in Houston, Texas. It was DewMore Baltimore’s second win in three years at that prestigious contest, where every year, over 500 young poets from around the world compete for five days of artistic education and expression. The five team poets (as pictured here, left to right, with Midday host Tom Hall) are: Adjoa Baidoo; Deleciea Greene, aka London Obsidian; ; Keyma Flight; Maren Wright-Kerr, aka Lovey, who is also the current Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate; and Kraileani Lea-Conner, aka Summer Knights. Standing with the group, second from left, is the team's coach and mentor, Victor Rodgers, aka Slangston Hughes, a well-known Baltimore slam poet who hails originally from Pittsburgh. The team performs two of their winning slam poems, Libyan Letter and Wild Fire.Midday on Poetry was live-streamed on WYPR's Facebook page, and you can find the video here.

Today, it’s Midday on Poetry: Tom and his guests explore two very different poetic styles that both resonate with universal themes. Tom is joined first by two local poets who enjoy international acclaim:Michael Collier has written numerous books of poetry over the past forty years, including The Ledge -- a finalist for the 2000 National Book Critics Circle Award. He served as Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2001-2004, and he stepped down last year after more than two decades as director of the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference @Middlebury. He leads the creative writing program at the University of Maryland. His latest evocative collection, published by the University of Chicago Press, is called My Bishop and Other Poems.And Elizabeth Spires is the author of seven collections of poetry and six critically acclaimed children’s books. She is a Professor of English at Goucher College, where she holds the Chair for Distinguished Achievement. Spires' new book is a searing collection of probing and poignant work called A Memory of the Future. Then, Midday on Poetry continues with some champion slam poets. Tom is joined in the studio by five members of the Dewmore Baltimore Youth Poetry Team. The team is fresh from their win this past July at The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, in Houston, Texas. It was DewMore Baltimore’s second win in three years at that prestigious contest, where every year, over 500 young poets from around the world compete for five days of artistic education and expression. The five team poets are: Kraileani Lea-Conner, aka Summer Knights; Deleciea Greene, aka London Obsidian; Keyma Flight; Adjoa Baidoo; and Maren Wright-Kerr, aka Lovey, who is also the current mayor-appointed Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate. And we're joined as well by the team's coach and mentor, Victor Rodgers, aka Slangston Hughes, a well-known Baltimore slam poet who hails originally from Pittsburgh. Midday on Poetry was live-streamed on WYPR's Facebook page, and you can find the video here.

This title is one you know only a poet could explain. Our guest this week, DERICK EBERT happens to be one, and a very accomplished one as well. Derick is the first ever Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, a spoken word artist, a teacher, a twin, a published author, and soon to be a TED speaker. He has had his poems published in American Short Fiction, the Baltimore Magazine, as well as, the Poetry Society of America. Derick was also named Baltimore’s 2015 Rising Star, and has blessed stages from New York to New Orleans. This is our exciting chat with him. The Strange Squad talks about Harvey Weinstein, Worldstar Hip Hop promoting criminal behavior, and Happy Death Day. This is the 22nd episode of Strange Flavors, brought to you by Alif Theory. _____________________________________________ Email Us / Send Music: strangeflavorspodcast@gmail.com Tweet us: http://twitter.com/StrangeFlavors_ Facebook: http://facebook.com/StrangeFlavorsPodcast LINKS: Derick’s Website: http://derickpoetry.com/about/ Derick’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derick.ebert Derick’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/derickpoetry _____________________________________________ FAROSTY/SHIMMER SHOW DATES: * 10/26/17- George Mason University (PSA) - 7pm * 11/9/17- University of Maryland (PSA) * 11/10/17 - Towson University (SASA) _____________________________________________ • FARAS • Tweet me: http://twitter.com/Farosty | @Farosty on IG/Snap/YouTube/FB • SHAH-AMEER • Tweet me: https://twitter.com/Shimmerwali | @Shimmerwali on IG/Snap/YouTube/FB • AMBER • Tweet me: http://twitter.com/ayeekhan | @ayeekhan on IG/Snap/YouTube/FB _____________________________________________ Music this week: 1. “DOOG SI NUF” - Lael Turner https://soundcloud.com/laelt/doog-si-nuf-1 2. “FINESSING” - Lael Turner https://soundcloud.com/laelt/finessing-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangeflavors/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/strangeflavors/support