Podcasts about Fenton Johnson

If you'd like to learn more about mental health care by and for fat folks, please check out Tend and Cultivate Counseling. (Content Note: mention of sexual violence.)Plus-size pageant Queens Choniece Stevenson (she/her), Ellen Miller (she/her), and Rebecca Breedlove-Berry (she/her) share what got them into pageant world, how being part of this experience changed how they feel about their bodies, and how they use their platforms to create positive change and social justice. Plus, their biggest moments of awe and oh-no! during the competition.Choniece Stevenson is a mental health and confidence coach. Her goal is to be a listening ear for those that feel unheard and educate on the importance of mental health. She is the first African American title holder for Ms. Voluptuous International. Connect with Choniece on Instagram.Ellen Miller is an emergency nurse practitioner hailing from Northern Ireland but currently living in London, UK. She's the previous Miss Voluptuous Ireland and an Ambassador for an incredible organization called Say It Loud that supports survivors of sexual violence. Connect with Ellen on Instagram. Rebecca Breedlove-Berry is the current Ms. Supreme International and former Ms. Voluptuous Virginia 22/23. She is the mother of two and works as a volunteer coordinator. Connect with Rebecca on Instagram. This episode's poem is called “Revery” by Fenton Johnson.Connect with Fat Joy on the website, Instagram, subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter, and watch full video episodes on YouTube. Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful

Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson published these two free-verse poetic portraits in Others magazine in 1919, gaining him some notice as an Afro-American who was working in the avant-garde forms of Modernism. I performed his two poems with a rock band accompaniment for today's example of what the Parlando Project does: combining various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've been featuring work of this lesser-known, but pioneering, poet Fenton Johnson this month; and you find out more about him and check out our over 700 other audio pieces at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org

Even in 1913, Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson was already using Blues-language in his literary poetry.  In this poem he printed in dialect from his first book-length poetry collection "A Little Dreaming" Johnson may be encoding a message not every listener will understand.  There will be a discussion of that and more than 700 other combinations of various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in different styles at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org

BONUS TRACK Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson was using Blues Language as early as his 1913 poetry collection "A Little Dreaming." That could make this poem an early example of a literary page poet using Blues Language.  Just for fun I decided to create one of our rare Parlando Bonus Tracks. This version has been made to sound like an old, somewhat worn 78 RPM record as a tribute to the early Blues musicians.  The Parlando Project takes various words, mostly literary poetry, and combines them with original music we compose and perform in different styles. Ther are over 700 other examples at our blog an archives located at frankhudson.org

Early 20th Century Afro-American poet Fenton Johnson again shows his range with this Celtic dark fantasy poem that I've turned into a song.  That "turned into a song" is something the Parlando Project does. We've created over 700 combinations of various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in various styles. You can find them at our blog and archives locate at https://frankhudson.org/

Early 20th Century Black Chicago poet Fenton Johnson's dream poem references Virgil's "The Aeneid." I've turned it into a song as part of my month-long celebration of this lesser-known Midwestern poet who preceded the Harlem Renaissance.  That's what the Parlando Project does: it takes other peoples words (mostly literary poetry) and combines them with original music in various styles. You can find over 700 such combinations at our archives and blog located at frankhudson.org

In 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first Afro-American poet to receive substantial notice, died, only 33 years old. Only a few years later in 1913, a 24 year old Black poet from Chicago, Fenton Johnson, publishes his first poetry collection which in which he pays tribute to Dunbar as he tries to pick up the standard from the fallen Dunbar. I've made Johnson's poem into a song, and as this Black History Month continues I plan to perform more of Johnson's work and tell something of his career as part of the Parlando Project where we combine words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in various styles. You can find more than 700 examples of that at our archives and blog located at frankhudson.org

A new anthology series publishes the work of Black poets who have been forgotten in history. Minor Notes, Volume 1, includes the work of poets George Moses Horton, Fenton Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, David Wadsworth Cannon Jr., Anne Spencer, and Angelina Weld Grimké. Editors Joshua Bennett and Jesse McCarthy join to discuss the project, the history of these Black poets, and read from the collection.  

David Eugene Perry is the founder and CEO of the public relations firm David Perry & Associates, Inc. For 10 years, he was the host and creator of 10 Percent TV, the longest running LGBTQ TV show in California history. He has written for such publications as The Advocate, the San Francisco Examiner, Omni, The Desert Sun and The Utne Reader and hosts an online interview show Ahoy! He and his husband, Alfredo Casuso, live in Palm Springs with frequent trips to San Francisco, and when possible, Orvieto and Spain. His first novel, Upon This Rock, has been critically acclaimed, including praise from Tales of The City author Armistead Maupin who called the book “an elegant, twisty thriller” and from Fenton Johnson who said Upon This Rock is “the gay ‘DaVinci Code' but a lot better.” Upon This Rock is the winner of the 2021 Ben Franklin Silver Medal from the Independent Book Publishers Association and “Best Gay Book of 2021” from the San Francisco Book Festival. The book is currently being shopped for TV and film options and actively seeking European distribution, especially an Italian translation.  Perry is currently at work on the sequel to Upon This Rock. Entitled Thorns of the 15 Roses it is a murder mystery and historical thriller inspired by the Andalusian town of Grazalema and the Spanish Civil. It is slated for completion in 2023.Contact David:https://www.instagram.com/davidperrysf/https://twitter.com/DavidPerrySFhttp://www.facebook.com/davidperrysfhttps://www.davidperry.com/clients/upon-this-rockBuy the book:https://www.amazon.com/Upon-This-David-Eugene-Perry/dp/0941936066Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Should we accept the world as it is? Harsh realities and all? Langston Hughes certainly didn't think so.In his poem Tired, he lures the reader in with a soothing recognition of the exhaustion of the modern world. Then quickly uses their attention to deliver a call to action for change and revolution. In this deceptively brief poem, everything that made Langston Hughes a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance is showcased. There his ability to illustrate layers of meaning with simple and direct language. His innate gift to commune directly with his audience and, perhaps most importantly his talent for communicating to those from diverse and distinct backgrounds.Boy Breaking Glass by Gwendolyn Brooks: https://shows.acast.com/words-that-burn/episodes/boy-breaking-glassTired by Fenton Johnson: https://shows.acast.com/words-that-burn/episodes/tiredIrish Podcast Awards Listeners Choice: https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/vote/ Show notes:https://wordsthatburn.substack.com/p/tired-by-langston-hughes?sd=pf Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordsthatburn?t=p7rGkfElfHZ_8ua0mvsB9A&s=09 Website: https://wordsthatburnpodcast.com/work Instagram: https://instagram.com/wordsthatburnpodcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Music: https://www.mattiavladmorleo.com/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warning: this 1919 poem by too-little-known Chicago Afro-American poet is disturbing. "Tired" was controversial from the start for it's bleak view, but there's internal evidence that Johnson was intending to present a "persona poem" portraying only one outlook on America's situation.

Fenton Johnson is the author of At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life.  His book Geography of the Heart:  A Memoir received the American Library Association and Lambda Literary Awards for best LGBT Creative Nonfiction, while his book Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey among Christian and Buddhist Monks received a Lambda Literary and Kentucky Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction. A regular contributor to Harper's Magazine, Johnson has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and has been featured on Terry Gross's Fresh Air.  He is emeritus professor at the University of Arizona and serves on the faculty of the creative writing program of Spalding University. Today we talk about At the Center of All Beauty, contemplative principles, the interior landscape as the frontier, embracing humility, the importance of a community of practice and of course solitude and the creative life. Check out Fenton's work at fentonjohnson.com Visit contemplify.com

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 11, 2021. www.poets.org

How do you grind through the day to day in a system that is designed against you? That is precisely the question at play in Fenton Johnson's poem Tired. Johnson was a figure of the Harlem Renaissance and this week's episode examines the movement and it's impact on African American Identity. Johnson's poem is the beleaguered cry of a man who has had enough from the society around him. It is a cry that is still resonates with listeners today.You can find a copy of the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150665/tiredThe show notes for today's episode, with full references can be found here: https://wordsthatburnpodcast.com/You can get in touch with me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wordsthatburnpodcast/The music in this weeks episode is Blur by Kai Engel and is used under creative commons license. Enjoy his music here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's an end of the month Poetry Snack, with Fenton Johnson.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Revery, by Fenton Johnson, is in the public domain and was read by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 13, 2020. www.poets.org

(Image: Shutterstock) What is it like to teach as a deaf person who relies on lip-reading and facial expression to communicate in a time when everyone is wearing masks? | What are the implications of masking for children’s cognitive development? |  How do historians navigate the challenges of providing an accurate record of life in chattel slavery? | And, what is the value of solitude in times like these? | Questions. All sorts. And we have some answers for you to consider.  Segment One:  Katie Moore, a new faculty member in EKU's Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Education. Katie is Deaf so department chair, Vicki Brashear, joins Katie via Zoom and ES via phone to translate. |   Dr. Jade Robinson is an Asst. Professor in EKU's Communications Disorders Department, has  20 years of professional experience serving young children and their families. She discusses the impact of masking on schoolchildren. LISTEN  Segment Two: University of Buffalo historian Carole Emberton on "disciplined imagination," a key tool used in reconstructing the often undocumented lives of the enslaved. |  Tom Eblen of the Carnegie Center for Learning & Literacy discusses the importance of solitude in contemporary life with Fenton Johnson, author of  "At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life" LISTEN  Interviews in order of  appearance:  Katie Moore and Vicky Brashear  Jade Robinson  Carole Emberton  Fenton Johnson  

(Image: Shutterstock) What is it like to teach as a deaf person who relies on lip-reading and facial expression to communicate in a time when everyone is wearing masks? | What are the implications of masking for children’s cognitive development? |  How do historians navigate the challenges of providing an accurate record of life in chattel slavery? | And, what is the value of solitude in times like these? | Questions. All sorts. And we have some answers for you to consider.  Segment One:  Katie Moore, a new faculty member in EKU's Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Education. Katie is Deaf so department chair, Vicki Brashear, joins Katie via Zoom and ES via phone to translate. |   Dr. Jade Robinson is an Asst. Professor in EKU's Communications Disorders Department, has  20 years of professional experience serving young children and their families. She discusses the impact of masking on schoolchildren. LISTEN  Segment Two: University of Buffalo historian Carole Emberton on "disciplined imagination," a key tool used in reconstructing the often undocumented lives of the enslaved. |  Tom Eblen of the Carnegie Center for Learning & Literacy discusses the importance of solitude in contemporary life with Fenton Johnson, author of  "At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life" LISTEN  Interviews in order of  appearance:  Katie Moore and Vicky Brashear  Jade Robinson  Carole Emberton  Fenton Johnson  

At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life – Fenton Johnson- 9780393608298 – W.W. Norton – Hardcover – 256 pages – March 10, 2020 – $26.95 – ebook versions available at lower prices So much of the pleasure of conducting this podcast for all these years has been (and continues to be) […]

Host Bill Goodman talks with author Fenton Johnson on this episode of THINK HUMANITIES. They discuss Johnson's new book "At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life," the figures that inspired his book, and what solitaries teach us about living a good life.

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 4, 2020. www.poets.org

Here, prize-winning author and teacher of writing Houston takes us through the life journey that led her to buy a piece of ranch land in the southwest corner of Colorado. She knew nothing about ranching but with the help of many people and animals her wandering life became tethered to the land. She also gives insight into the process of writing. Her books include Cowboys Are My Weakness (W.W. Norton 2011), Deep Creek: Finding Hope in High Country (W.W. Norton 2019), Contents May Have Shifted (W.W. Norton 2012)Tags: Pam Houston, Terry Tempest Williams, Irish Wolfhounds, Creed Colorado, donkeys, Fenton Johnson, wildfires, Milky Way, metaphor, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Animals, Writing 

Here, prize-winning author and teacher of writing Houston takes us through the life journey that led her to buy a piece of ranch land in the southwest corner of Colorado. She knew nothing about ranching but with the help of many people and animals her wandering life became tethered to the land. She also gives insight into the process of writing. Her books include Cowboys Are My Weakness (W.W. Norton 2011), Deep Creek: Finding Hope in High Country (W.W. Norton 2019), Contents May Have Shifted (W.W. Norton 2012)Tags: Pam Houston, Terry Tempest Williams, Irish Wolfhounds, Creed Colorado, donkeys, Fenton Johnson, wildfires, Milky Way, metaphor, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Animals, Writing

This episode, Sexuality in Lit, features three writers who have incorporated sex and sexuality into their work in very different ways. Chapter 1, Tina’s Transformative Performance, features Fenton Johnson’s (The Man Who Loved Birds) account of a live concert in the late 60’s. Amber Keyser, is our Chapter Two, Mom’s Sex Book, subject and she discusses the challenge of writing about sex in The V Word while raising kids, and in Chapter Three, Shifting Identity, National Book Award Winner Mark Doty (Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems) examines our changing cultural landscape around the LGBTQ community.

Season Two of Story Geometry kicks off with Episode 009, an exploration of Initiative vs Destiny. Host Ben Hess is in conversation with award-winning writer Fenton Johnson where Fenton also reads from his latest novel, The Man Who Loved Birds, and literary nonprofit Writing by Writers Co-Founder Karen Nelson. There's also an update from writer and teacher Pam Houston on her upcoming memoir, not to mention 'appearances' by George Eliot, Alfred Hitchcock, and John Steinbeck. Links: Fenton Johnson - http://fentonjohnson.com Karen Nelson & Pam Houston - http://writingxwriters.org Episode Sponsor: Talking Book - http://talkingbook.pub Produced & Hosted By: Ben Hess - http://ben-hess.com Season Partner: Writing by Writers - http://writingxwriters.org

Can an extrovert handle nine weeks of solitude? Lisa Bonos chats with Philippa Hughes about why she went to Italy to work on a book. Plus, comments from Fenton Johnson and the role of solitude in a writer's life.

American poetry. ⁓The Voice before the Void “Tired” Fenton Johnson I am tired of work; I am tired of building up somebody else's civilization. Let us take a rest, M'lissy Jane. I will go down to the Last Chance Saloon, … Continue reading →

Thoughts inspired by the author Fenton Johnson.

This is the special “sneak preview” episode, Episode Zero, which contains mini-excerpts from full segments that will be coming up on future episodes of Andy's Treasure Trove. I hope that you'll tell your friends about Andy's Treasure Trove, where culture, art and fun co-mingle! Thanks, Andy Moore Keywords for this episode: San Francisco, art, culture, fun, Lisa Geduldig, Charo, comedy, Frameline, Frameline32, Michael Lumpkin, Terence Davies, England, The Long Day Closes, The Neon Bible, House of Mirth, Liverpool, Dawn Logsdon, Lucie Faulkner, New Orleans, independent film, documentary, Faubourg Treme, Hurricane Katrina, Karen Pedersen, San Francisco Columbarium, Steve Fagin, Eloisa Haudenschild, Haudenschild Garage, pizza, JoAnne Brasil, The Wander Theater, Stuart Gaffney, Fenton Johnson, California same-sex marriage, gay, LGBT, Keeping Faith, Barbara Sher, Wishcraft, I Could Do Anything if Only I Knew What It Was, New York, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Daniel Libeskind, Rosalyn (Sissy) Swig, Alan Berliner, nature, mockingbird, crow, The Sea Ranch, harbor seals, Jeanne Jackson, Gualala, fireworks, Sonoma, Mendocino, Mendonoma, Al the Laysan albatross, Independent Coast Observer, Hugh King, Chopper King, the Coffeehouse Movement, Writers' Guild of America Foundation Library, scripts, film, television, Factor's Deli, Kyle Jewhurst, quantum physics, flash drives, Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park, carousel, Jim Van Buskirk, Tiara, Palace Hotel, tea, first grade, Ivy League college, graduation, Linda Servis, real estate, CIA, Lauri Amat, vocalizing, Quahogging, Liam Passmore, Litquake, Susan Stryker, Maureen Gosling, Les Blank, Burden of Dreams, Fitzcarraldo, Blossoms of Fire, Juchitan, Oaxaca, matriarchy, Martha Toledo, Brooks Collins, airplane crash 1964, Jay Hall, astrology, Ken Paul Rosenthal, Ralph Jack, Mike Carroll, Camden NJ New Jersey, Fats Waller, Willie Brown, Basic Brown, film festivals, parties.