Podcasts about nuyorican poets cafe

Azucar talks with fledging poet, Meghan Dhawan. They talk about everything creative dabbling into dreams, goals, cultural expectations and tackling mental health. Dive into part 2 of this super sized season 2 opener. Make sure to follow her @meghan.on.the.mic. Stay tuned for the multiphypenate collaboration between these two powerhouses. Subscribe at patreon.com/lasugarfactory to get BTS and poems mentioned in this episode

Azucar talks with fledging poet, Meghan Dhawan. They talk about everything creative dabbling into dreams, goals, cultural expectations and tackling mental health. Dive into this part 1 of this super sized season 2 opener. Make sure to follow her @meghan.on.the.mic. Stay tuned for the multiphypenate collaboration between these two powerhouses. Subscribe at patreon.com/lasugarfactory to get BTS and poems mentioned in this episode

Liza Jessie Peterson's parents provided her with a grounding that allowed her, she says, to teeter at the edge of the cliff but never jump. The artist, activist, poet, playwright, and actor had early success as a model but discovered it wasn't her true path. In this episode, she shares how her writing career began with journaling and poetry, eventually leading to her performing and honing her skills at the famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe. We discuss in detail her memoir, All Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island. We also dive into her one-woman play, The Peculiar Patriot, performed at more than 35 prisons across the country and resulting in her documentary Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison. Lastly, we talk about her passion for ancient Egyptian history and culture, which inspired her to take a life-changing trip to visit the temples and pyramids.https://www.lizajessiep.com

Letha M. Francis is a versatile and accomplished artist whose career spans various creative disciplines, including acting, singing, poetry, writing, lyricism, and music. She holds degrees in English and Political Science from The Johns Hopkins University and has honed her craft as an actress at Studio Theatre Conservatory, Black Nexxus with Susan Batson, and with Gail Charee. As an actress, Letha is recognized for her significant roles in films such as *S.O.U.L of a Black Woman* (2019) and *Deceived* (2013), as well as in the television series *Rose Anglade* (2013, Episode 1). Her dynamic stage presence has captivated audiences at prestigious venues, including Central Park SummerStage, BAMCafe Live, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Congressional Black Caucus, SOBs, Joe's Pub, The Knitting Factory, and The Canal Room. Letha's television appearances include features on TV One, the Oxygen Network, and *Finding the Sweet Spot*, as well as her contributions to the national promotional campaign for *Tootsie* on Broadway and professional voice-over work for Al Jazeera America Network TV. A talented musician, Letha has showcased her original song “Travel the World” at the Julliard Fringe Festival as part of the stage show *Ugly* and served as a vocalist in a production of Shakespeare's *The Merchant of Venice*. Her music uniquely fuses elements of Soul, Reggae, Jazz, and Poetry, often accompanied by intense lyrical imagery aimed at inspiring and healing. An advocate for mental health and wellness, Letha's work is informed by her belief in the therapeutic power of creativity—an idea she explored further after learning about occupational therapy during auditions. Currently, she is participating as a lyricist in the Lehman BMI Musical Theater Workshop and is in the process of completing a musically driven screenplay that sheds light on the experiences of BIPOC individuals. Letha is also the founder of L-inkwell, LLC, a multimedia content-producing company. Her latest offering, *Declutter Like a Mutha* is a self-love package that encourages relaxation and creativity through a thoughtful collection of items, including her poetry book which emphasizes the importance of clearing emotional clutter. Additionally, she offers the Core Writing Lab, a course that inspires self-affirmation and expression through various writing techniques. For more about Letha M. Francis, visit her website at https://www.lethamfrancis.com/

Caridad De La Luz, aka La Bruja, an Emmy-winning poet, activist, actor and executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and David D. Rodriguez, NJPAC's EVP and executive producer, talk about the 20th Dodge Poetry Festival underway in downtown Newark and its new mission of sparking social change through poetry.

We air highlights from our March Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Xochitl Gonzales. We spent the month reading her novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last. We were also joined for a special performance from Caridad de la Luz, spoken word poet, singer-songwriter, and executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The conversation was hosted by All Of It producer Simon Close.

New York City's app-based delivery workers are getting a pay raise. Plus, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe is kicking off its $24 million renovation. Also, WNYC's Brittany Kriegstein looks into the rise of domestic violence deaths in New York City. And finally, a pair of community health workers strike up conversations with New Yorkers about their mental health and the wide range of concerns that might contribute to it.

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Cette semaine SLurg & Bachir vous emmènent du coté de Brighton Brooklyn pour une spéciale Wee Bee Foolish, collectif composé des rappeurs Yeshua Da Poed, Siah, Ken Boogaloo et leur Dj Bless. Tout commence pour eux au début des années 90 en tant que fans de rap avec pour idoles Special Ed, Big Daddy Kane et Guru. Les hommes vont très vite se faire remarquer dans l'underground New Yorkais en se produisant régulièrement au Nuyorican Poets Cafe. C'est là qu'ils feront la rencontre de Bobbito Garcia qui leur fera sortir leur premier disque sur son label, véritable joyaux de cette période. S'en suit une flopée de maxis, un album et des collaborations qui en plus d'être de qualité viendront cristalliser ce qu'était le rap underground indépendant à New York dans la deuxième moitié des 90's. Kickeurs studieux et iconoclastes, Wee bee foolish méritaient un mix spécial sur Grünt Radio.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Katie Northlich is an actress, solo performer, improviser, writer, and performing arts coach. She is a Four Time National Monologue Champion, having written, performed and produced original work since 2001. Her solo shows have played to critical acclaim and sold out Off-Broadway houses in New York City, including the Cherry Lane Theatre.  Her work was chosen as a premiere piece in opening Stage Left Studio's inaugural season, NYC's only Solo Repertory theatre.   Katie's play "Two Of Them, Looking," was produced in New York in 2015, and Katie is on the fifth draft of her first novel.  As an acting, movement, and solo performance instructor, Katie has taught upward of 1000 students over 15 years in both NYC and LA, including international TV stars as well as NBA and NFL players, and she currently teaches comedy and acting at colleges, conservatories, and privately in greater LA.  Katie was a lead acting instructor at the New York Film Academy in NYC for 7 years, and was the first acting faculty member to develop and launch the academy's improvisation curriculum in the Animation and Game Design departments.   Select Acting credits include: CBS, The Discovery Channel, Lifetime, AMC, VH1, and feature films.  Over 20 National commercials shot over past few years.  Comedy/International featured: The Groundlings, The Improv, Improv Olympic, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Comedy Central Stage, Stand Up NY, New York Comedy Club, Caroline's on Broadway, The People's Improv Theatre, The Magnet, Stage Left Studio, The Bowery Poetry Club, Gotham City Improv, Parkside Lounge, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Comix, The World Expo and La Sala Mirador.  As a dancer, Katie toured Europe. UC Irvine: BA, Drama.  Www.katienorthlich.com  @KatieNorthlich

Tonight, the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe will celebrate five decades of hosting slams, musical performances, and more on the Lower East Side. Tomorrow, the venue will close its doors, to begin renovations expected to last the next three years. To reflect on the cultural importance of the space and its community we hear from listeners and speak to Karen Jaime, associate professor of performing and media arts and Latina/o studies at Cornell University. Jaime is also the author of the book, The Queer Nuyorican: Racialized Sexualities and Aesthetics in Loisaida. We also hear exclusive updates on the planned renovations from the Cafe's executive director, Caridad De La Luz.  

Thom Francis welcomes Anthony Ragler, the featured poet at Nitty Gritty Slam #85 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Anthony Ragler is an artist known for using persona and body movement to attack social stigmas and overly traditional forms of thinking. Anthony was a member of the 2014 NYC Urbana Slam Team which placed 2nd at the 2014 National Poetry Slam, as well as the 2013 Urban Word Slam Team which placed 3rd internationally at the Brave New Voices Festival. Anthony has performed at numerous venues, including the United Nations, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, and The Apollo Theatre. Anthony's poetry touches on childhood, family, and the ever-changing world around him.

Life often lends itself to poetic moments, and this week's big, bold, and beautiful Boricua guest Nicco Diaz (Chief of Staff of Nuyorican Poets Cafe) solidifies the magic of poetry we all can access. While fulfilling a busy schedule, Nicco spared some time to share bits of a poetic journey into a purpose-fueled life with valuable tools we can all tap into for ourselves and for our communities. Want to be featured on the pod? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGSAuXcPkCkdx3qoWiG1trcQYzksClzVes4u7YXcR2td9ALg/viewform Want to send a voice message? https://www.speakpipe.com/DamselsintheDMs Want to pitch a guest or topic? https://www.damselsinthedms.com/contact.html

In a world that feels divided, two storytellers invite people to share what shapes their politics through poetry, using the prompt “Where I'm From.” Host Kai Wright–inspired by a listener voicemail–considers poetry as a potential vehicle for facilitating challenging conversations. He's joined by poet and filmmaker Bob Holman, owner of the Bowery Poetry Club and original slam master of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and Steve Zeitlin, author of “The Poetry of Everyday Life: Storytelling and the Art of Awareness” and founding director of the grassroots cultural preservation organization CityLore.  Holman and Zeitlin run a project called Across the Great Divide, which asks people to write poems using the prompt “Where I'm from,” to promote communication and positive social change. They unpack some submissions from the project and turn the prompt to callers as they respond to poems live.  You can learn more about Across the Great Divide and how to submit a poem here.  Companion listening for this episode:  Living With And Learning From Estrangement (1/23/2023) Estrangement isn't linear. For those who have severed ties or been cut off, it can be necessary, empowering, devastating and confounding—all at once.  “Notes from America” airs live on Sunday evenings at 6pm ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts. To catch all the action, tune into the show on Sunday nights via the stream on notesfromamerica.org or on WNYC's YouTube channel. We want to hear from you! Connect with us on Instagram and Twitter @noteswithkai or email us at notes@wnyc.org.

Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal is an award winning poet - recipient of the Maria Mazziotti Gillan Literary Service Award 2021 from Newark, NJ. She has a unique talent for telling stories through poetry and Visual Arts. Ameerah is the founder/facilitator of - “When Women Speak” and “When People Speak” - poetry platforms for creative voices, support and empowerment. She is the Author/Illustrator of “Breathing Through Concrete'', a poetry anthology. Her works are featured in publications: “Every Kinda Lady and Her Sister Pages” ,“Philadelphia Says:Black Lives Matter”, “Womb of the Violet II”, “American Muslim Journal”, “Soup Can” Magazine Issue 2, Online published : “Life in Qurantine - Global Pandemic” http://liqproject.org/ameerah-shabazz/. She has to her credit the inspiring and publishing of over 300 student authors/illustrators and as a teacher, the facilitation of many student performances. Ameerah has performed on platforms such as: When Women Speak, The Lincoln Park Poetry Festival, NBPAC, The Newark Arts Festival, The Hartford Literary Festival and The Paterson Poetry Festival. She was a board member for Keys 2 Success - an organization cultivating students in the area of classical music. She is a photographer with work in multiple galleries and exhibits throughout New Jersey. She has shared her work on stages such as The Lincoln Park Music festival, NBPAC, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Newark Arts Festival and multiple other creative venues. Her mantra is: “Poetry isn't poetry unless it's Spoken...Word”. — feeling inspired.

Welcome to the first episode of Season 3 of Poetry Talks! In this episode, we have a special guest, AC Lightnin, a talented poet emcee from New York City. AC Lightnin has been performing since 2016 and has made a name for himself in the open mic scene in NYC, performing at places like the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the Harlem Bomb Shelter.In this episode, AC shares with us his journey as an artist, from his love for creative writing as a teenager to his debut as a poet and musician in 2016. He talks about how he incorporates his faith and touch on topics such as love, masculinity, and overcoming obstacles in his music and poetry.AC Lightnin's witty, creative, and Rap-Style flow gives his performances an upbeat and conscious feel. He also runs the Fresh Face program and hosts monthly showcases at the Harlem Bomb Shelter. AC uses his craft as a gateway to paint a picture of his reality as a black man and a Christian man.Join us in this episode as we dive into the world of poetry and music with AC Lightnin and learn more about his creative process and experiences as an artist. Don't miss this inspiring and insightful conversation!Host Social Media@Seonthepoet (Twitter) (Instagram)(Clubhouse)______________________________________________________Guest - Social MediaTheaclightnin_  (Instagram)_____________________MUSIC(intro / Outtro) Coffee and Herbs

Dramos is joined by writer/poet, and special assistant to the executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Nicco Diaz to break down trending stories like a piece of Puerto Rican history being removed from Brooklyn, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders banning the word LatinX, Representative George Santos lying his way into power, Shakira dropping a diss track aimed at her ex and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best known for his work with the avant-garde  hip-hop group  Antipop Consortium, New York MC Beans rocks a bugged-out style based mostly on a high-speed delivery and extremely dense rhyme schemes, generally backed by intricate  production loaded with bizarre time signatures, spastic sound effects, and beats that are either extremely bare-bones or overwhelmingly complex. Unsurprisingly, he remains completely unknown by the masses, but is embraced by fans of fringe music and adventurous listeners worldwide. Despite no chance of commercial airplay, he has a huge discography and has performed at large festivals around the globe, proving that there is something inherently appealing about his unapologetically bewildering sound. In this episode we discuss his upbringing in White Plains , NY.His early hip-hop influences and meeting the female MC 99.His time honing his skills at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The current state of hip-hop and his recent solo projects.

In this episode I talk with one of the most prolific mc's from one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time, Hprizm aka High Priest, one of the founding members of Antipop Consortium. We discuss his upbringing in Queens, NY and how he later went on to hone  his skills as an mc and poet at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. We talk about how the group was formed with fellow members Beans, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize.  Group Albums-Tragic Epilogue  (2000)Shopping Carts Crashing (2001)Arrhythmia (2002)Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp (2003) Fluorescent Black (2009)Solo Albums-Born Identity (2007)Magnetic Memory (2018)Catching a Body (2018) Instrumental

The queens ask Denise Duhamel's superhero poet origin story in Part One of their interview.Buy Denise's books at Loyalty Bookstore, a DC-area Black-owned bookstore.  Denise Duhamel was a sociology major in undergrad. Her most recent books of poetry are Second Story; Scald; and Blowout, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other titles include Ka-Ching!; Two and Two; Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems; The Star-Spangled Banner; and Kinky. She and Maureen Seaton have co-authored four poetry collections, the most recent of which is CAPRICE (Collaborations: Collected, Uncollected, and New). Her collaboration with Julie Marie Wade, The Unrhymables: Collaborations in Prose, was published by Noctuary Press in 2019. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She served as the guest editor is for The Best American Poetry 2013.Dangerous Diane is also known as DANGEROUS DIANE SPODAREK. Her website is: http://dangerousdiane.blogspot.com. She also has an MFA, from Eastern Michigan in video & performance.Flanagan, Bob and David Trinidad published A TASTE OF HONE with Cold Calm Press, 1990.If you don't know what a gay bear is, think: dad bod-burly, hirsute, lumberjack vibes, though of course there are lots of different kind of bears, including femme bears, polar bears, and younger bears, called cubs. If you want to know more about gay taxonomy, visit my Instagram. You can listen to the pronunciation of Orchises Press here.Click here to read more about Bill Knott, and here to see a poem of his set to video and music (~1 min).Click here to read more about Michael Burkard.Click here to read Lyn Lifshin's poem "The Fathers." You can see her give a reading here (~2 min).Read more about Tom Lux. More about Jean Valentine can be found here. Jayne Anne Phillips's Sweethearts (illustrated by Yvonne Jacquette) can be found online and bought for like $120. You can see Phillips read with Amy Hempel for The Strand here (~60 min).Over the last 40 years, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe has served as a home for groundbreaking works of poetry, music, theater and visual arts. A multicultural and multi-arts institution, the Cafe gives voice to a diverse group of rising poets, actors, filmmakers and musicians. Visit them online at https://www.nuyorican.org

This week we are joined by discuss the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe which was the home of the hip hop showcases All That and Words which were a breeding ground for an entire underground moving. As always you can support our patreon here. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/calloutculture/support

The seventh episode of Hey Awesome Girl with Tivi Jones features Monèt Noelle Marshall, an artist, cultural organizer, and consultant. Monèt is the Founding Artistic Director of MOJOAA Performing Arts Company. She centers Black trans, queer folks, and women in her work and defines her artistic practice as “rehearsal for the relationship.” Mon​ét's work has been experienced in St. Ann's Warehouse, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Open Eye Figure Theatre, Northstar Church of the Arts, Manbites Dog Theatre, and Mordecai Historic Park. Most recently she has collaborated with African American Policy Forum on Gucci's Chime for Change zine, Scalawag Magazine, NC Museum of Art, Historic Stagville, City of Raleigh, and Columbia University. In this episode, Monèt talks to Tivi Jones about being tentacular in your approach, getting rid of shoulds, checking in with your body, incorporating play, and how freedom can be quiet. Learn more about Monèt Noelle Marshall: http://www.monetnoellemarshall.com/ Monèt Noelle Marshall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monetisart Monèt Noelle Marshall Twitter: https://twitter.com/monet_is_artMonèt Noelle Marshall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badarts/ ***Featured in this episode:*** * Boss necklace, worn by Tivi: https://www.heyawesomegirl.com/product/boss-rose-gold-plated-engraved-hexagon-necklace/ * Boss earrings, worn by Tivi: https://www.heyawesomegirl.com/product/boss-rose-gold-plated-stud-earrings/ * Wine sweater dress, worn by Tivi: https://www.heyawesomegirl.com/wine-sweater-dress Every week Tivi interviews amazing Boss Babes in tech, medicine, law, entrepreneurship, entertainment, parenting, and more about their lives, goals, and how every day, they are working to add more Pleasure, Ease, and Abundance to their orbit. This show is part business advice, part life coaching, and part real talk with girlfriends. If you're looking for a show that's real and relatable but also inspiring at the same time, Hey Awesome Girl with Tivi Jones is the one for you! You can find us on all platforms @heyawesomegirls. Follow and subscribe to never miss an episode!

It wouldn't be Women's history month with the poetry queen herself Ebony Eyze. Introduced to us by the man the EDC general Live Johnson Ebony Eyze will be debuting her latest visual for Plastic on Rawrrzone Get to know Ebony Eyze EBONY EYZE BIO Tiffany "Ebony Eyze" Broadwater is a spoken word artist and lyric writer who has used the drive within to make her dreams a reality. Growing up in Saint Albans, Queens - once home to many jazz greats and hip-hop legends - inspired her to pursue the arts at the tender age of 9. Learning music theory and how to romance words fueled what later became her passion - spoken word. Ebony honed her craft by studying and taking workshops at Jamaica Center for the Arts, The Center for Culture: Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Inc and Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Ebony writes with a sincere mind, presenting social issues and human desires in a way that pushes audiences to the edge. She uses monologues as a catalyst to encourage listeners to reflect deeply on their personal struggles and promote positive change. Writers such as the late Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets as well as Def Poetry Jam artists have had a major influence on her style of writing. As an artist, exposure to Motown, 90's R&B and hip-hop culture has helped her create her unique sound. Ebony has blessed the stage at several prestigious venues including Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC. In 2015, she worked with producer HazAli (Forthelovers Productions) to create and release her jazz-driven debut spoken word album Soul Intuition: Vol 1. Entering 2022, Ebony is excited to be finishing up her sophomore LP Soul Intuition: Vol 2 with hip hop producer Live Johnson (EDC Beats.com), which includes the single "Plastic" available now on music streaming platforms. She looks forward to collaborating with other artists on future projects as she introduces a “new wave” of spoken word to the world. Follow Ebony Eyze: Instagram:@iamebonyeyze Facebook: @ebonyeyze Twitter: @ebonyeyze YouTube: @ebonyeyze --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Howard Xiao, also known by his artist name hxthepoet, is an award winning speaker, writer, poet, and spoken word artist.   He was the 2010 California State Champion in Speech (Oratorical Interpretation), a finalist in numerous national speech tournaments between 2010 and 2012 - including the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC), Catholic Nationals, the MLK Tournament (Top 5), and the Glenbooks Tournament (top 5). From 2015 onward, Howard performed at slam poetry venues across the nation - becoming a finalist during slam poetry competitions at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Bowery Poetry Club (New York), and at the Berkeley Slam (Berkeley, California).   Since 2018 onward, Howard engages thousands of followers under his artist/pen name, hxthepoet - with the goal of sharing relatable and socially impactful poetry on topics like mental health, self-improvement, discrimination, bullying, and relationships. His poetry can be found @hxthepoet on Instagram and other social channels.

"Head Up" is a single off of an EP called "Keep Your Head In The Clouds". Savage The Poet is a Nuyorican Poet/ Rapper born and raised out of Brooklyn, NY. He is in love with the power words have to change and uplift human emotion. He is the perfect blend of poetic truth and raw emotion. Savage The Poet has performed in numerous venues throughout NY such as The Paper Box, The Delancey, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Brooklyn Bazaar, Neuehouse, Trans- Pecos and The Brooklyn Museum. He has also participated in showcases with brands like Afropunk Army, Major Stage, and RAW Artists. Find more of Savage the Poet: Instagram: @savagethepoet Website: https://www.savagethepoet.com A statement from Savage the Poet: "The song "Head Up" was written during the pandemic as a way of reminding myself that there are brighter days that come from the dark ones. It is dedicated to those who dream without restriction and who believe that blessings are just a day away. Life is a journey and the beauty in it is to live it wholeheartedly with and without fear." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created during a time of quarantine in the global Coronavirus pandemic, A Moment Of Your Time's mission is to provide a space for expression, collaboration, community and solidarity. In this time of isolation, we may have to be apart but let's create together.  Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter Created by CurtCo Media Concept by Jenny Curtis Theme music by Chris Porter A CurtCo Media Production See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you start with exercise or food first when it comes to your health? What type of food do we export and import between countries? Shoutout to our Pink Cloud Studios Home! We at Continua would like to think we have some little glimmer of influence on Kyle's health since he ventured out to Los Angeles and began working with us lol. So, we sat down with him to put him on the other side of the mic in the hotseat to see what he candidly had to say. From traveling the world, living abroad and starting a sucessful business to his newest venture Pink Cloud Studios and his experience with us; Kyle shared his personal journey navigating his relationship to his health as a man and his fatherhood aspirations.    Like what you heard?  Share this episode with someone you think can benefit from this conversation Learn more about us - theContinua.com   About Kyle Rapps: New Jersey native Kyle Rapps is the co-founder and producer of Mayhem Poets, a poetry theatre troupe that won a Microsoft small business award in 2007, and has toured internationally ever since.  As a slam poet, he went all the way to the Grand Slam finals at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City.  As a rapper, Kyle has recorded with the likes of Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, KRS-One and Joell Ortiz.  In 2015, After touring for over 10 years with Mayhem Poets, Kyle moved to Mexico City to produce mexican rappers for 4 years.  Last year he moved to LA and started Pink Cloud Studios. Instagram: @kylerappsPinkCloud Studios instagram: @pinkcloudstudioslaBooking@pinkcloudstudios.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/continua-vitality/message

This week on Watch Yo Mouth with Mozo:The talented Amanda Ashley Villanueva will be joining me on the mic

The past few months have been difficult. I recently was laid off from my job, I made a cross-country move to Atlanta, and I've been heavily feeling imposter syndrome and uncertainty. So it's no coincidence that I have been interviewing spiritually grounded guests that own their connection to their higher power because I am on a journey back to mine. Today's guest is Caridad De La Luz AKA La Bruja! In this episode, we talk about her first time performing at the esteemed Nuyorican Poets Cafe, her love for her hometown: the Bronx, and the inception of her fantastic piece, Poor to Rico. We even get a snippet! I share my gratitude with La Bruja because, without poets like her, there would be no poets like me. Seeing her and other Puerto Rican artists share themselves so freely gave me a path to follow. To learn more about La Bruja, check out her website https://caridaddelaluz.com/ Guest Bio: Caridad De La Luz is a multifaceted performer known as LA BRUJA. She raps, acts, sings, hosts, recites, dances, does stand up comedy, writes plays/poems/songs/scripts and teaches others how to do the same. Winner of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2020-2021 and The David Prize finalist 2021, she has been one of America's leading spoken word poets for over 15 years and has received the Puerto Rican Women Legacy Award, The Edgar Allan Poe Award from The Bronx Historical Society and was honored as A Bronx Living Legend by The Bronx Music Heritage Center. She was presented with a Citation of Merit from The Bronx Borough President and named “Top 20 Puerto Rican Women Everyone Should Know”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the 1960s and 70s, a community of Latinx poets in New York City created a movement. They called themselves the Nuyorican poets. Together, they broke barriers and built a cultural institution: the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The Nuyorican Poets Café began as an informal literary salon in Miguel Algarín's apartment living room, one of the movement's founding poets. But soon after, Miguel and his fellow writers realized that they needed to expand to accommodate the growing roster of artists who frequented the space. They moved into a new venue nearby, and by 1981 they relocated again to the Nuyorican's current location in New York City's Alphabet City. Today, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe is a haven for Black and Latinx writers and performers. In this episode of Latino USA, we stage a spoken history of the cafe featuring several artists from its storied past. We hear from poets Poet Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez and Caridad de la Luz, known as “La Bruja,” playwright Ishmael Reed, and artist and archivist Lois Elaine Griffith.

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the legacy of the radical group, the Young Lords, with Professor Johanna Fernandez. In Chicago in 1969, a former gang leader, Cha Cha Jimenez, founded the revolutionary group the Young Lords to fight police brutality, racism, and gentrification. The Young Lords, with their signature purple berets and paramilitary formations, were to Mexican and Puerto Rican youth what the Black Panthers were to radicalized blacks. The Young Lords quickly spread to New York. But in New York, the leaders, while mostly the children of poor Puerto Rican immigrants, were also often better educated. The New York chapter, bilingual and bicultural, soon gave its generation the language to understand the discrimination, displacement and structural racism that plagued their families and their communities. As children, they had to serve as interlocutors between their parents, who often did not speak English, and a callous and indifferent bureaucracy, forcing them to see their parents humiliated and often abused. The group was racially diverse – more than 25% of members were black – and celebrated the unique fusion of cultures that produced, for example, the Spanglish poetry of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The Young Lords drew their inspiration from the liberation movements in Cuba and Vietnam. They were at the forefront of the rainbow coalition of black, Latinx, native, and white working-class radicals embodied in the organizing work of the Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was drugged and then assassinated by the Chicago police and the FBI. The Young Lords occupied churches and hospitals to protest against the lack of adequate social services and healthcare, including the severe shortage of doctors in their neighborhoods and the widespread lead poisoning that afflicted poor children. They piled up garbage in the streets and lit the piles on fire to protest over the failure by New York's sanitation department to provide services to poor neighborhoods. They at once built community campaigns and a revolutionary party, one of the very few waves of radical socialists in the United States led by people of color. The Young Lords, part of the new left of the 1960s, fundamentally altered the relationships between people of color and the white majority. Their militancy forced city governments and wider society to acknowledge and respect their most basic civil rights. Johanna Fernandez is a professor of history at Baruch College of the City of New York, and author of ‘The Young Lords: A Radical History'.

NYC veteran Sav Killz joins the show to discuss his storied career. We talk about his new music, his upcoming project, and the first two singles (which feature John Forte, Ras Kass, Tragedy, & Shabaam Sahdeeq,) what Sean Price meant to hip-hop, Popa Wu, Madlib, The Gold Chain Military, Planet Asia, DJ J-Ronin & All Elements, performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, & much more. Watch the episode HERE Follow Sav Killz on IG HERE Stream new Sav Killz AKA Jamel Rocwell HERE

In this episode, you will hear from a musician that has taken his artistry to new heights through his faith and music. He believes in paying it forward to our youth through the arts. His journey hasn't been easy, but he beat the odds and he's here to share his story. I introduce to you Daso El Afro Caribeño. GUEST Daso El Afro Caribeño CEO, Dekora Digital Website | Linktree | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn https://nvmusicfest.com/ https://linktr.ee/Dasomonster https://www.instagram.com/dasomonster/ https://twitter.com/dasomonster https://www.facebook.com/DasoMusic/ https://www.youtube.com/dasomonster https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsoto2800 NOTABLE MENTIONS Afro Caribbean Soul, New Village Music Festival, Dekora Digital, Piragua Brand, Grupo Cemi, Abuelita Celia Osorio, Maria Angie Hernandez, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Poetry, Miguel Piñero, Tato Laviera, Miguel Algarín, Bimbo Rivas, NYC, Puerto Rico, Chino García, CHARAS, Young Lords, LES, Lower East Side, Tompkins Square Park, Plaza De Mercado, Río Piedras, Hip-Hop, Breakdancing, Electro Boogie, El Mango, Camino los Ayala, El Punto, Alcapurrias, Yerba Buena, Ginger, Jengibre, Atabey, William Millan, Edwin “Pupa” Santiago, Loisaida Band, Jibaro Rock, Distancia, El Taller Latino Americano Gracias for listening. Don't forget to rate, review, follow, subscribe, like and share. Check out my Linktree for more info. Pa'lante! https://linktr.ee/sp.alwaysforward --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spalwaysforward/support

“Sacred Stage: Talks with Native Playwrights and Artists” – an in-depth series of interviews with Indigenous activist, artist, actors/actresses, playwrights and more about their legacy work and how their activism intersects with Indigeneity and the contribution across and within Indigenous and non-Indigenous arts. Special Guest Co-Host for today is Albert “Abby” Ybarra (Yaqui Nation). Guest: Ryan Victor Pierce, "Opalanietet," is a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation of New Jersey. Upon graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Opalanietet has performed in workshops and productions at such renown New York theatrical institutions as New Dramatists, LaMaMa E.T.C. and New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. In 2012, Opalanietet founded Eagle Project, a theater company dedicated to exploring the American identity through the performing arts and our Native American heritage, http://www.eagleprojectarts.org. Through his leadership, Eagle Project has collaborated with and performed at the Public Theater, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and Ashtar Theater in Palestine. In April of 2020, Eagle Project collaborated with the American Indian Community House of New York City and First Nations Theatre Guild to create Native Theatre Thursdays, a virtual reading series of new Native work.

This week, RADI stops by the Words and Shit studio to drop some poems and knowledge! Def Jam Poet and author of One Name, All CAPS; RADI, is an artist, teacher, workshop facilitator, & award winning writer specializing in spoken word. Her work covers topics such as Civil rights, body/sex positivity, colorism, sexism & more, all while reflecting her real life experiences as a fat black lesbian. She uses creative concepts to force those in earshot of her voice to question how they see the world. She reigns as the 3x Poetry Slam Champion of the number one team in the nation, New Jeru Slam team. She is the 2021 Baltimore Pride Slam Champion, the last Slam Champion of The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and a former member of the International Brooklyn Slam team with whom she featured at the 2019 Carnival Slam in the beautiful island of Antigua, but her most prized accomplishment was being the 3rd top Female Slam poet in the world for 2 consecutive years!

On this episode of ActorSpeak, Austin Basis continues to speak with actor Goya Robles (Get Shorty, POWER Book III: Raising Kanan, 11:55, Brut Force, Rattled!) In Part 2, we discuss the crossroads of abuse and trauma, his mentor Ellen Burstyn, not being killed off on Get Shorty, working with director Adam Arkin, his self-critical nature, rehearsing more to reduce the "noise," working with Javier Molina, chemistry as a willingness to receive, experiencing truth, going towards the uncomfortable, LatinX buying power and representation, humanizing "villains," feeding his acting compulsion, and his dream of opening an acting school for inner city youth. A Stamford, CT native, Goya Robles is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and holds an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York. A Latino actor of Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian descent, his portrayal of heartbreaking, volatile, vulnerable characters have become a stamp in all of his work. Goya is most recognized for his breakout role as Yago in the critically acclaimed series Get Shorty on EPIX, working alongside Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd. He has starred in numerous independent films, including a supporting lead role as Teyo in the film 11:55, starring John Leguizamo, David Zayas, and Julia Stiles. He's also executive produced the short film WONDER, which won over 20 national and international film festival awards, including the HBO Shorts Competition at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival and the Audience Award at Urbanworld. Most recently, he produced and created the art film Who Am I? - a spoken word piece about race and responsibility. You can see him in the upcoming films Brut Force, Rattled! and High Ceilings, and the TV series POWER Book III: Raising Kanan on Starz. Goya's theater credits include The Actors Studio West production of THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis in LA, EXTREMITIES by William Mastrosimone, and CRYSTAL CLEAR by Phil Young, both at Dance New Amsterdam Theater in NYC. He also starred in the LAByrinth Theater Barn Series of Mark Borkowski's play, VALENTINO'S WING, starring Michael Shannon, Annabella Sciorra, and directed by Ellen Burstyn. Goya is also the creator of Paint The Mic, a performing and visual arts collaboration which brings attention to local organizations whose mission is to support under-served communities. As a spoken word artist himself, Goya created a way for artists of diverse disciplines to use their craft as a way to directly impact communities in need. Goya also taught slam poetry at The Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood and his first compilation of poems was called Spit My Soul and released at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. What strikes me most about Goya's work besides his talent are his heart and authenticity. But it's his artistry that really shines through in everything he does- whether on stage, on screen or as a poet and producer. As both an actor and an advocate he is able to speak the truth, taking his pain and perspective and channeling them into his art. That's what The Actors Studio is all about, and Goya is one of the members that best exemplifies that. WE AUDITION is a video-chat community where actors can audition, self-tape, rehearse, and get expert industry advice. USE promo code: ACTORSPEAK to get 25% off when joining at WeAudition.com

On this episode of ActorSpeak, Austin Basis speaks with actor Goya Robles (Get Shorty, POWER Book III: Raising Kanan, 11:55, Brut Force, Rattled!). In Part 1, we talk about Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, hip hop, Def Jam Poetry, studying with Elizabeth Kemp, the core wound, shadow work playing Raul in Extremities, almost leaving school, using animal work, making urgent choices, the importance of therapy, the Idiot Workshop, working too hard, living his truth, always learning new things, being in the question, the "fuck it" stage, and his epic audition for Get Shorty. A Stamford, CT native, Goya Robles is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and holds an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York. A Latino actor of Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian descent, his portrayal of heartbreaking, volatile, vulnerable characters have become a stamp in all of his work. Goya is most recognized for his breakout role as Yago in the critically acclaimed series Get Shorty on EPIX, working alongside Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd. He has starred in numerous independent films, including a supporting lead role as Teyo in the film 11:55, starring John Leguizamo, David Zayas, and Julia Stiles. He's also executive produced the short film WONDER, which won over 20 national and international film festival awards, including the HBO Shorts Competition at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival and the Audience Award at Urbanworld. Most recently, he produced and created the art film Who Am I? - a spoken word piece about race and responsibility. You can see him in the upcoming films Brut Force, Rattled! and High Ceilings, and the TV series POWER Book III: Raising Kanan on Starz. Goya's theater credits include The Actors Studio West production of THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis in LA, EXTREMITIES by William Mastrosimone, and CRYSTAL CLEAR by Phil Young, both at Dance New Amsterdam Theater in NYC. He also starred in the LAByrinth Theater Barn Series of Mark Borkowski's play, VALENTINO'S WING, starring Michael Shannon, Annabella Sciorra, and directed by Ellen Burstyn. Goya is also the creator of Paint The Mic, a performing and visual arts collaboration which brings attention to local organizations whose mission is to support under-served communities. As a spoken word artist himself, Goya created a way for artists of diverse disciplines to use their craft as a way to directly impact communities in need. Goya also taught slam poetry at The Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood and his first compilation of poems was called Spit My Soul and released at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. What strikes me most about Goya's work besides his talent are his heart and authenticity. But it's his artistry that really shines through in everything he does- whether on stage, on screen or as a poet and producer. As both an actor and an advocate he is able to speak the truth, taking his pain and perspective and channeling them into his art. That's what The Actors Studio is all about, and Goya is one of the members that best exemplifies that. WE AUDITION is a video-chat community where actors can audition, self-tape, rehearse, and get expert industry advice. USE promo code: ACTORSPEAK to get 25% off when joining at WeAudition.com

About the Guest Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj is a Milwaukee-based, multi-disciplinary, American Theater Artist and Advocate. Mr. Maharaj was hailed in The New York Times for his award-winning play Little Rock, was selected as a New York Times Critics Pick. He is currently the Associate Artistic Producer of Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Mr. Maharaj's playwrighting residencies include the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New Orleans Writer's Residency, Alliance Theater, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Crossroads Theater, Amas Musical Theater, Triskelion Arts, the 2020 Resident Playwright of the Letter of Marque Theatre, is a member of Theater Now's 2021 Virtual Musical Theater Writer's Group, a 2021 Season Finalist in The Downtown Urban Arts Festival in New York City, the inaugural playwright for the Theatre Raleigh New Works Reading Series, and a finalist for the 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Mr. Maharaj has been honored with many awards for his body of work in the American Theater including the prestigious Woodie King Jr. Award, four Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Awards, Barrymore Award, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Theatrical Moment of the Year, The New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award, Theater Communications Group Directors Grant and Playwriting Grant, Recipient of the 2020 National Alliance for Musical Theater Fifteen-Minute Musical Theater Challenge Award, he was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award Competition presented by American Blues Theater. He has been featured in numerous articles and interviews in notable industry publications such as The American Theater Magazine, The New York Times, The Yale School of Drama / Repertory Theater Review, The Dramatist, The Uptown Magazine, Playbill, Broadway World, The Daily News, The New York Post, The New York Beacon, The Philadelphia Sun, Time-Out New York, Harlem News, Amsterdam News, and The Stage Directors and Choreographers Journal for his work as a theater practitioner and leader. As a storyteller, Mr. Maharaj has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at many of our nation's top Regional Theaters including the Bernard B. Jacobs, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, The Public, Second Stage Theatre, Soho Playhouse, Classical Theater of Harlem, New Federal Theater, New World Stages, Nuyorican Poets Café, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Lark Play Development Center, Theatre Row, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Portland Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare, Signature Theater, Theater Works, Goodman Theater, The Kennedy Center, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Perseverance, and New Freedom Theater. After his graduate studies at Brooklyn College, Mr. Maharaj was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Brooklyn College. Mr. Maharaj is a proud alumnus of the Actors Studio Playwrights and Directors Unit, Lincoln Center's Directors Lab, and Theater Communication Group's Rising Leaders of Color in the American Theater. He has served as the Artistic Director of New Freedom Theater in Philadelphia as well as the Artistic Director of Rebel Theater. Mr. Maharaj founded the Voices at the River, an African and Latino American Playwrights New Works Festival hosted at Arkansas Repertory Theater. Mr. Maharaj is represented by Michael Moore of Michael Moore Agency Literary and Creatives. Connect with Beltline to Broadway Facebook – @beltlinetobroadway Twitter – @beltlinetobroadway Instagram – @beltlinetobroadway Web http://www.rduonstage.com/ (www.beltlinetobroadway.com) Support this podcast

Performer, writer, and activist Staceyann Chin is the author of the poetry collection Crossfire: A Litany for Survival (2019), winner of the American Book Award, and the memoir The Other Side of Paradise (2009). She received a 2003 Drama Desk Award for her performance in Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, which she cowrote with Russell Simmons. Chin is the author of the one-woman shows MotherStruck! (2015), Border/Clash (2005), Unspeakable Things (2001), and Hands Afire (2000). Her poems have been included in several anthologies, including Bullets & Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word Poetry (2005) and Skyscrapers, Taxis, & Tampons (1999). Chin has also performed in both the stage and film versions of Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History of the United States, at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and at numerous universities, including Princeton, Harvard, Yale, and the University of the West Indies.   

Today's guest on At the End of the Tunnel is a self-described ‘artivist'. Her name is Liza Jessie Peterson, a gifted actress, spoken word poet, playwright, author, and youth advocate. Liza grew up in West Philadelphia, graduated from Georgetown, and worked as a model in Paris before getting introduced to the New York poetry scene, where she became one of the stars of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Following her passion as a poet and an artist led her to accept a side gig; teaching poetry to kids in New York City schools. Her first assignment was at a school called Island Academy, which she ultimately discovered was the school at Rikers Island jail.That assignment, which was only meant to last three weeks, evolved into an 18-year career of working with inmates and developing a deep understanding of the prison industrial complex. Liza's experiences with students at Island Academy led her to write a book, titled All Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island, and an award-winning one woman show called The Peculiar Patriot, which she has since performed at over 35 penitentiaries across the country.In this conversation, Liza shares the extraordinary series of events that led her to work at Island Academy. In particular, she talks about the kids she has worked with, how they benefited from her program and, perhaps most importantly, the invaluable lessons she learned from them. Liza's story reveals a fascinating behind-the-veil analysis of mass incarceration in America, and she also shares some of her own career struggles, insecurities, and the leaps of faith she had to make in her own creative journey while she was amplifying the voices of others. Tune in today for an in-depth and inspiring conversation about the power of artivism and using your art to rebel against the status quo with the incomparable Liza Jessie Peterson!Key Points From This Episode:Liza reflects on her favorite toy as a kid: Rock ‘em Sock ‘em.Hear about her family growing up and how they influenced her political awareness.The sense of pride that Liza's father instilled in her at a young age.How The Autobiography of Malcolm X introduced her to revolutionary Black consciousness.Viewing success through the lens of what her older sister was doing at the time.How the incentive to “change the white man's game from the inside” led her to Georgetown.What Liza learned about kindness, compassion, and humility from her late mother.Why she says working as a model in Paris was the gateway drug to realizing the viability of using her creativity to make a living.How acting allowed Liza to process the pain of her mother's loss through storytelling.Hear about the inadvertent poem that brought Liza to the Nuyorican for the first time.Laying the groundwork for the artists of today by being part of the Nuyorican movement.Learn about Liza's process of writing a poem, which always starts with a journal entry.Liza speaks about her first one-woman show, which was inspired by Ntozake Shange.Find out how she came to teach her first poetry class at Island Academy on Rikers Island.Why she says teaching at Rikers wasn't a mission or a purpose; until she got there.She describes her first time arriving at Rikers, including her shock at seeing so many Black, Puerto Rican, and Latino faces there.How this first-hand introduction to the prison industrial complex turned a three-week assignment into a three-year mission.What it was like teaching poetry to juveniles and the importance of validating their voices.Teaching these young men that their slang was valuable; they were already speaking poetry.Discover how you can help Liza on her mission to amplify her art and make an impact.

 That’s How We Role welcomes Actress, Playwright, Producer and Filmmaker, Ura Yoana Sánchez. As a playwright, she co-wrote the comedy, The Jedi Papi Chulo and The Power Pansa, which was first seen at The La Tea Theater and The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, as well as Sacred Spaces. Most recently, she has started writing the one-act play anthology series, On The Block, of which it's first installment, Bodega Cat was shown at The Pro Black Theater Festival in February 2021. As a filmmaker, she produced, wrote and directed the film "Finding Home”, which is a tribute to victims of child abuse. This was the freshman project under her own production company, Cuentos De Ada Productions, which Ura founded with the purpose of creating universally relevant film and theater productions. Cuentos De Ada (is a play on words meaning fairy tale, in Spanish, the literal translation, “Tales of Ada”. Ada is Ura’s mother, whose legacy lives on through the work of this company. Her second short film"SOMNIO" is currently in post production. Her third film, "As The Ashes Settle, The Fire Stirs" began production in March 2021. Find Ura on social media or visit her website: Instagram: @urayoanasanchezWebsite:  www.urayoanasanchez.comTo help fund Ura's latest film, there is a GoFundMe for As The Ashes Settle, The Fire Stirs Follow me on social media: Instagram: @avis.booneTwitter:  @avisbooneWebsite: https://avisboone.com

Ron Cephas Jones reveals his rigorous process of script analysis and answers questions that speak to an actor’s life and practice. As he address questions from the CalArts community — both pre- and mid-pandemic — Ron offers insight into the self-care, self-determination, and commitment of an artist whose accolades have never deterred him from continuing to seek, learn, and grow.

Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes Rober Bonair-Agard to the microphone. Poet and spoken-word artist Roger Bonair-Agard was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the United States in 1987. His collections of poetry include Tarnish and Masquerade (2006); Gully (2010); and Bury My Clothes (2013), which was a long-list finalist for a National Book Award. He contributed to the collection Burning Down the House (2000), a selection of poems from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion and has appeared on programs such as HBO's Def Poetry Jam and the PBS NewsHour, among others. A former Cave Canem fellow, Bonair-Agard performs his work and leads workshops internationally. He has been a writer-in-residence with Vision Into Art and a poet-in-residence with Young Chicago Authors. He is the co-founder and artistic director of the louderARTS Project and teaches poetry at the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Facility in Chicago.

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet and workshop facilitator. The recipient of the 2015 Barnes and Noble Writers For Writers Award, she is the founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series. Cheryl earned an MFA in Poetry from Stonecoast: The University of Southern Maine, and an MSW from Fordham University. She is the author of four  collections of poetry: Raw Air, Night When Moon Follows, Convincing the Body, and Arrival. A poetry judge for The New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, she has facilitated poetry workshops for Cave Canem, Poets & Writers, and The Caribbean Literary and Cultural Center. Her poetry has been commissioned by The Joyce Theater and the National Endowment for the Arts for Ronald K. Brown: Evidence, A Dance Company. A VONA fellow, her work has been published in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Pluck!, Killings Journal of Arts & Letters, and Adrienne.  Her life papers and portfolio are stored at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in NYC.

Podcast: The World: Latest Edition (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Growing concern over China's crackdown on pro-democracy activistsPub date: 2020-12-03Several prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates have been sent to jail. The crackdown has led many activists to seek exile. And, US policy toward Iran will be one of the major issues that President-elect Joe Biden will face and Iran's nuclear program is already at the center of attention. Earlier this week, Iran's Parliament passed a bill that would suspend UN inspections and boost uranium enrichment. Also, we remember Puerto Rican poet Miguel Algarín, the celebrated Nuyorican Poets Cafe. --- Be a superhero and help keep The World spinning! Our coverage wouldn't be possible without incredible individuals working behind the scenes. Donate today to support the work of our superhero staff and help keep our coverage free and open to all. Donate $100 or pledge $8.33/month to receive an invite to a virtual party with Marco Werman and The World team! Visit theworld.org/WhoWeAre to make your contribution and learn more about the superheroes behind The World's compelling stories! Thank you for your support. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from PRX, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Several prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates have been sent to jail. The crackdown has led many activists to seek exile. And, US policy toward Iran will be one of the major issues that President-elect Joe Biden will face and Iran’s nuclear program is already at the center of attention. Earlier this week, Iran’s Parliament passed a bill that would suspend UN inspections and boost uranium enrichment. Also, we remember Puerto Rican poet Miguel Algarín, the celebrated Nuyorican Poets Cafe. --- Be a superhero and help keep The World spinning! Our coverage wouldn’t be possible without incredible individuals working behind the scenes. Donate today to support the work of our superhero staff and help keep our coverage free and open to all. Donate $100 or pledge $8.33/month to receive an invite to a virtual party with Marco Werman and The World team! Visit theworld.org/WhoWeAre to make your contribution and learn more about the superheroes behind The World's compelling stories! Thank you for your support. 

October is Hispanic Heritage Month. Usually this is a month filled with celebrations that honor history, family and traditions. But this year is different. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the Latinx community. A group of poetic artists wanted to carve out an event to still celebrate Latin culture though a local New York club called Nuyorican Poets Cafe . Nearly a dozen poets and writers from around the country gathered on Zoom this month to spit rhymes and swap stories. It’s called the Nuyorican Showcase and Bloomfield College Open mic. A celebration of Latin Heritage and creativity organized by poet and Bloomfield College professor Paul LaTorre. " To me it’s a kind of celebration of appreciating that culture. Of appreciating togetherness of appreciating what everybody has to bring to the table because that’s the only way we are going to move forward is through unity you know. La pregunta se la revez. What are you? Que eres?" Before COVID-19, this would have been held at the

Fam...we got somethin different for y'all. A dope interview! We sit down with MC, producer and all around official dude Cryptic One (IG: @cryp_uno). This was such a great talk. From Atoms Family talk, to some of the amazing cyphers outside the Nuyorican Poets Cafe to what life is like on the road, Cryptic tells his amazing story and his contributions to the culture we call hip hop. Enjoy!

Punctuated by the sounds of tools, helicopters, and sirens in her Fort Greene garden, Lois Elaine Griffith discusses with Alisha Mascarenhas what it means to create, repair, and build community within and beyond the era of COVID-19. Lois considers the intersectionality of her father's Caribbean-American influence on her life and the ways in which it has rippled throughout her experiences as a teacher, writer, and visual artist. As co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Founders Archive Project, she notes the urgent need for spaces that encourage self-expression in the spirit of the Cafe's original mission- “from the street to the stage.” She stresses the formation of communities supported by and for the people as an access point to accessibility and the use of art to inform living. In the context of our current state, she explores the role of the artist, the “community of presence” that can be created when we listen to the internal and “native ways” in meaningful transference. “We're living in the break,” so what comes after? How do we heal? Lois' hope is for us to pay more attention to the people and things around us, to exercise physically, and mentally, and to “understand whose shoulders we stand on.” She claims that within this process, we too can be carriers in order to give back what's been given to us, as her father always told her. The interview ends with a poem “Climate and diversity as everything is alive” composed by Lois in the form of a letter to Alisha, who reads it aloud.

Punctuated by the sounds of tools, helicopters, and sirens in her Fort Greene garden, Lois Elaine Griffith discusses with Alisha Mascarenhas what it means to create, repair, and build community within and beyond the era of COVID-19. Lois considers the intersectionality of her father's Caribbean-American influence on her life and the ways in which it has rippled throughout her experiences as a teacher, writer, and visual artist. As co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Founders Archive Project, she notes the urgent need for spaces that encourage self-expression in the spirit of the Cafe's original mission- “from the street to the stage.” She stresses the formation of communities supported by and for the people as an access point to accessibility and the use of art to inform living. In the context of our current state, she explores the role of the artist, the “community of presence” that can be created when we listen to the internal and “native ways” in meaningful transference. “We're living in the break,” so what comes after? How do we heal? Lois' hope is for us to pay more attention to the people and things around us, to exercise physically, and mentally, and to “understand whose shoulders we stand on.” She claims that within this process, we too can be carriers in order to give back what's been given to us, as her father always told her. The interview ends with a poem “Climate and diversity as everything is alive” composed by Lois in the form of a letter to Alisha, who reads it aloud.

Punctuated by the sounds of tools, helicopters, and sirens in her Fort Greene garden, Lois Elaine Griffith discusses with Alisha Mascarenhas what it means to create, repair, and build community within and beyond the era of COVID-19. Lois considers the intersectionality of her father's Caribbean-American influence on her life and the ways in which it has rippled throughout her experiences as a teacher, writer, and visual artist. As co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Founders Archive Project, she notes the urgent need for spaces that encourage self-expression in the spirit of the Cafe's original mission- “from the street to the stage.” She stresses the formation of communities supported by and for the people as an access point to accessibility and the use of art to inform living. In the context of our current state, she explores the role of the artist, the “community of presence” that can be created when we listen to the internal and “native ways” in meaningful transference. “We're living in the break,” so what comes after? How do we heal? Lois' hope is for us to pay more attention to the people and things around us, to exercise physically, and mentally, and to “understand whose shoulders we stand on.” She claims that within this process, we too can be carriers in order to give back what's been given to us, as her father always told her. The interview ends with a poem “Climate and diversity as everything is alive” composed by Lois in the form of a letter to Alisha, who reads it aloud.

Punctuated by the sounds of tools, helicopters, and sirens in her Fort Greene garden, Lois Elaine Griffith discusses with Alisha Mascarenhas what it means to create, repair, and build community within and beyond the era of COVID-19. Lois considers the intersectionality of her father's Caribbean-American influence on her life and the ways in which it has rippled throughout her experiences as a teacher, writer, and visual artist. As co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Founders Archive Project, she notes the urgent need for spaces that encourage self-expression in the spirit of the Cafe's original mission- “from the street to the stage.” She stresses the formation of communities supported by and for the people as an access point to accessibility and the use of art to inform living. In the context of our current state, she explores the role of the artist, the “community of presence” that can be created when we listen to the internal and “native ways” in meaningful transference. “We're living in the break,” so what comes after? How do we heal? Lois' hope is for us to pay more attention to the people and things around us, to exercise physically, and mentally, and to “understand whose shoulders we stand on.” She claims that within this process, we too can be carriers in order to give back what's been given to us, as her father always told her. The interview ends with a poem “Climate and diversity as everything is alive” composed by Lois in the form of a letter to Alisha, who reads it aloud.

When New York City went into lockdown, the iconic Nuyorican Poets Cafe creatively took their powerful spoken word events from in-person to online. In this episode, Daniel Gallant, the Nuyorican's director, shares unique insights on the challenges and opportunities the crisis has created. Hear his thoughtful observations about the pros and cons of performing spoken word in virtual spaces, including the new layers of fluidity and interplay this new landscape offers, and the unprecedented breaking down of barriers to give more artists a place to share their work. Daniel also discusses the importance of psychological and emotional relief during isolating times, and gives brilliant advice on what makes for an effective “ask” at a time when there is great tension between generosity and scarcity in an uncertain world. Learn more at changeofplanspodcast.com/episodes/daniel-gallant-nuyorican-poets-cafe

“All I'm doing is pointing out the obvious - and that's avant-garde in a country that dares not to look at itself and its own atrocities in the mirror.” - José Torres-Tama, New Orleans In this episode we dive into the responsibility of the artist, laptop activism, solidarity between Latinx, Undocumented, and Black people, and the urgency to continue creating and sharing new work during these pandemic times, including the latest releases in José’s series of Video Cortaditos and Picante Performance Poems on YouTube.  José Torres-Tama is a writer, poet, journalist, renegade scholar, educator, visual and performance artist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He explores the effects of mass media on race relations, the underbelly of the “North American Dream” mythology, and the anti-immigrant hysteria currently gripping the United States of Amnesia, “which seduces you to embrace forgetting”.  Show Notes: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a historic and highly respected home for poetry, slam, music and theatre in New York Poets José mentions: Keith Roach, Lois Griffth, Sarah Jones and Willie Perdomo This Taco Truck Kills Fascists, an award winning documentary on the Taco Truck Theatre The Taco Truck Theatre, a “theater on wheels ensemble performance challenging the anti-immigrant hysteria & driven by a live music sound-bed. All with tacos for sale.” Black Lives Matter, a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes Spirit McIntyre (Spirit/They/Them), an artist collaborator in the Taco Truck Theatre  El Sol Lotería playing card and José’s “happy hat”  José’s solo show (that’s been touring for 10 years!), Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers New Orleans & The World: 1718-2018 Tricentennial Anthology book published by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities that culturally deported and brutally disappeared Latin Americans and our undocumented immigrants that contributed to the reconstruction post-Katrina from their 2018 Tricentennial anthology. Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist VIDEO CORTADITOS & Picante Performance Poems, José’s video series on YouTube Voces Unidas LA, Louisiana Immigrant’s Rights Coalition that advocates for immigration policy reform and provides direct support to individuals in and out of ICE detention camps in Louisiana and beyond. Ta-Nehisi Coates and his book Between the World and Me The murder of Amadou Diallo by NY police James Baldwin, Black American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist José’s book recommendations, and this week’s Meriendas for the Brain: The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Zapata's Disciple: Essays by Martín Espada, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, Bitácora Del Cruce by Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and Franz Kafka  We want to acknowledge the historical moment we find ourselves in, and the long history of activism and labour from Black and Indigenous communities in their fight for justice. We are committed to continuing this conversation with this podcast and examining our own racism and biases as Latinx artists as we continue this project.  Here are some links to support the local pro-Black and Indigenous initiatives:   Links from Black Lives Matter Canada Map of Black & Indigenous Owned Businesses in Toronto to support now and onwards Links to US based funds and petitions     "Todo lo que estoy haciendo es señalar lo obvio, y eso es vanguardista en un país que no se atreve a verse a sí mismo ni a sus propias atrocidades en el espejo." - José Torres-Tama, Nueva Orleans  En este episodio nos sumergimos en lo que es la responsabilidad del artista, el activismo desde las laptops, la solidaridad entre las comunidades Latinxs, Indocumentadas y Afroamericanas, y la urgencia de seguir creando y compartiendo nuevos trabajos durante estos tiempos de pandemia, incluyendo el lanzamiento de la nueva serie de videos en YouTube creados por José, Video Cortaditos and Picante Performance Poems. José Torres-Tama es escritor, poeta, periodista, erudito renegado, educador, artista visual y de performance con sede en Nueva Orleans, Louisiana. Explora los efectos de los medios de comunicación en las relaciones raciales, la parte más vulnerable de la mitología del "sueño norteamericano" y la histeria antiinmigrante que actualmente se apodera de los Estados Unidos de Amnesia, "que te seduce para abrazar el olvido". Bibliografía: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, un histórico y muy respetado “hogar” para la poesía, el slam, la música y el teatro en Nueva York.  Poetas mencionados por José:  Keith Roach, Lois Griffth, Sarah Jones y Willie Perdomo. This Taco Truck Kills Fascists, un galardonado documental sobre el Taco Truck Theatre / Teatro Sin Fronteras The Taco Truck Theatre / Teatro Sin Fronteras, un "ensemble de teatro sobre ruedas que desafía la histeria anti-inmigrante y es conducido por una cama de sonido con música en vivo. Todo con tacos a la venta.” Black Lives Matter, una organización global en los Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y Canadá, cuya misión es erradicar la supremacía blanca y construir el poder local para intervenir en la violencia infligida a las comunidades Afroamericanas por el estado y los vigilantes Spirit McIntyre (Spirit/They/Them), artista que colabora con el Taco Truck Theatre / Teatro Sin Fronteras “El Sol” Carta de Lotería y el “sombrero feliz” de José Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers, un solo show de José (que ha estado de gira por 10 años!) New Orleans & The World: 1718-2018 Tricentennial Anthology, libro publicado por "Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities" que deportó culturalmente y desapareció brutalmente a los latinoamericanos y a nuestros inmigrantes indocumentados que contribuyeron a la reconstrucción posterior a Katrina a partir de su antología del Tricentenario de 2018 Eduardo Galeano, periodista, escritor y novelista Uruguayo VIDEO CORTADITOS & Picante Performance Poems, serie de videos de José en YouTube Voces Unidas LA, coalición de los Derechos de Inmigrantes de Louisiana, que aboga por la reforma de la política de inmigración y brinda apoyo directo a las personas que entran y salen de los campos de detención de ICE en Louisiana y más allá El asesinato de Amadou Diallo por la policia de Nueva York Ta-Nehisi Coates y su libro Between the World and Me James Baldwin, novelista, dramaturgo, ensayista, poeta y activista Afroamericano Las recomendaciones de libros de José, y las Meriendas para el Cerebro de esta semana: The Undocumented Americans de Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Zapata's Disciple: Essays de Martín Espada, The Fire Next Time de James Baldwin, Bitácora Del Cruce de Guillermo Gómez-Peña, y Franz Kafka Queremos reconocer el momento histórico en el que nos encontramos, y la larga historia de activismo y trabajo de las comunidades Afrodescendientes e Indígenas en su lucha por la justicia. Estamos comprometidxs a continuar esta conversación a través de este podcast y examinar nuestro propio racismo y parcialidad como artistas Latinx a medida que continuemos este proyecto. Aquí hay algunos enlaces para apoyar las iniciativas locales pro-Afrodescendientes e Indígenas: Links para Black Lives Matter Canada  Mapa de Negocios Afro-Canadienses e Indigenas en Toronto  Lista de links y peticiones en Estados Unidos   All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The Canada Council for the Arts, and The Ontario Arts Council. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook. Todos los episodios de Merendiando son en Inglés, Español y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Miércoles. Síguenos y suscríbete a este podcast en iTunes, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro es una producción de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de Metcalf Foundation, Laidlaw Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, y Ontario Arts Council. Aluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens. Radio Aluna Theatre es producido por Camila Díaz-Varela y Mónica Garrido. Para más información sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra página alunatheatre.ca, síguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz click en “me gusta” en facebook.  

The Unspoken: Bob HolmanFeatured in a Henry Louis Gates, Jr. profile in The New Yorker, crowned "Ringmaster of the Spoken Word" by the New York Daily News, Bob Holman has performed his poems with a punk band in Kiev, a griot in Timbuktu, a ballet company in San Francisco. As the original Slam Master of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, creator of the world's first spoken word record label, Mouth Almighty/Mercury, and the founder of the Bowery Poetry Club, Holman has played a central role in the spoken word and slam poetry movements of the last several decades. He is the author of 17 poetry collections, A Couple of Ways of Doing Something (Aperture, a collaboration with Chuck Close), and has taught at Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Bard, and The New School. A co-founder of the Endangered Language Alliance, Holman's study of hip-hop and West African oral traditions led to his current work with endangered languages. He is the producer/host of films including "The United States of Poetry" and "Language Matters with Bob Holman.Learn more about Simran here:www.iamsimran.comwww.1111mag.com/

Tonights Episode is called EQUILIBRIUM- A BALANCE OF POETRYWe will be Featuring Bronx Poets: Dara Kalima & Mercy Tullis-Bukhari and moreDara Kalima aka The Community Poet, is a Bronxite who began writing poetry at the age of 16. Dara has performed on several stages across New York City including Bowery Poetry Cafe, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Mike Geffner's Inspired Word. She os the author of "Black Man, Black Woman, Black Child", "Casualty of Love" and "Two X Chromosomes with an Extra Shot of Melanin". Dara believes in addressing the difficult and taboo topics to create discussion, promote healing, and encourage critical thought within her community and across cultures. www.darakm.comMercy Tullis-Bukhari is an ELA Teacher at NYC Department of Education, an Adjunct Professor at The College of New Rochelle. She is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, lover, mezcal aficionado, poet...join us for a night of Super DOPE Poetry, Interview Conversation and Neo Soul!It is open Mic and All we seek this evening is Equilibrium....

Bust out your Thin Mints, kick back and enjoy some book talk (once we get past the cookie talk, of course). We’re discussing pretty drastically different books today: there’s a book about an affair, a book about grief with a misleading cover, some thinly-veiled One Direction fanfic, and a fantasy about a whole lot of things all at once. Something for everyone! Let’s also take a quick moment to highlight that Becky has slept with wolves. Casual. Read on for links, bar recs, and more! And if you have a perfect books/bar pairing in your city, let us know! You can email booksandthecitypod@gmail.com with those recommendations or anything else-------------> Libby just read: Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550263/conversations-with-friends-by-sally-rooney/ Frances and Bobbi, the main characters of this novel, perform spoken word poetry together. We recommend a trip down to the East Village for a drink and poetry performance at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe to feel fully transported into the plot of this novel. Up next for Libby: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Becky just read: The Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062932464/the-sisters-grimm/ The “Grimm Girls” enter the dreamworld of Everwhere in The Sisters Grimm, but we recommend you head to Elsewhere Bar out in Williamsburg. It’s a massive music venue with a dreamy rooftop terrace, so you can kick back with a drink and enjoy this novel in warmer weather. Up next for Becky: Little Women Part II by Louisa May Alcott Kayla just read: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611061/the-two-lives-of-lydia-bird-by-josie-silver/ The GMT Tavern just north of Soho is the perfect place to dive into The Two Lives of Lydia Bird. With an English theme, British entrees, and imported English beer, you’ll feel right at home reading about Lydia and Freddie’s time spent at their local pub. Up next for Kayla: Red Letter Days by Sarah Jane Stratford Emily just read: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250125903 Dive into the artsy, glamorous world of Solène Marchand - the main character in The Idea of You - with a visit to the newly expanded PERROTIN art gallery. Explore this contemporary gallery and grab a drink afterward in the Lower East Side at one of the neighborhood’s many bars. Up next for Emily: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Music by EpidemicSound, logo art by @niczollos, all opinions our own.

Featured in a Henry Louis Gates, Jr. profile in The New Yorker, crowned Ringmaster of the Spoken Word by the New York Daily News, Bob Holman has performed his poems with a punk band in Kiev, a griot in Timbuktu, a ballet company in San Francisco. As the original Slam Master of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, creator of the world's first spoken word record label, Mouth Almighty/Mercury, and the founder of the Bowery Poetry Club, Holman has played a central role in the spoken word and slam poetry movements of the last several decades. He is the author of 17 poetry collections, A Couple of Ways of Doing Something (Aperture, a collaboration with Chuck Close), and has taught at Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Bard, and The New School. A co-founder of the Endangered Language Alliance, Holman's study of hip-hop and West African oral traditions led to his current work with endangered languages. He is the producer/host of films including The United States of Poetry and Language Matters with Bob Holman

Featured in a Henry Louis Gates, Jr. profile in The New Yorker, crowned "Ringmaster of the Spoken Word" by the New York Daily News, Bob Holman has performed his poems with a punk band in Kiev, a griot in Timbuktu, a ballet company in San Francisco. As the original Slam Master of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, creator of the world's first spoken word record label, Mouth Almighty/Mercury, and the founder of the Bowery Poetry Club, Holman has played a central role in the spoken word and slam poetry movements of the last several decades. He is the author of 17 poetry collections, A Couple of Ways of Doing Something (Aperture, a collaboration with Chuck Close), and has taught at Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Bard, and The New School. A co-founder of the Endangered Language Alliance, Holman's study of hip-hop and West African oral traditions led to his current work with endangered languages. He is the producer/host of films including "The United States of Poetry" and "Language Matters with Bob Holman," both nationally broadcast on PBS.

Jesus Papoleto Melendez, one of the founders of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, reads his poems, discusses his latest book "Borracho," and tells tales from the early days of the Nuyorican movement. Amneris Morales, his translator, reads one of his poems in Spanish. 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

Henry Louis Gates Jr. wrote in a New Yorker profile that Bob Holman has “done more to bring poetry to cafes and bars than anyone since [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti.” He brought the spoken word scene and poetry slams to New York City twice, first as the co-director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, then as the founder of the Bowery Poetry Club. He further democratized poetry through his award-winning PBS documentaries The United States of Poetry and Language Matters. This month, Bowery Books is publishing two new books of poetry by Bob Holman—written 50 years apart. “Life Poem” and “The Unspoken” show the evolution of an artist, an art form, and a downtown art scene that’s gone from Allen Ginsberg to Lou Reed to Eileen Myles to Mahogany L. Browne. Tune in for a discussion with Bob Holman of the evolution of New York City’s poetry scene as seen through his own work over five decades.

Carmin sits down to share some of her work with us. Carmin is a Guyanese-born poet, playwright, and MFA student at the University of New Orleans. Often incorporating Caribbean dialect, her writing binds the essence of oral and literary traditions. As a youth, she first competed in poetry slams and readings at Lincoln Center, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Scholastic Auditorium, and later, for companies like the Shakespeare Theater Company. Her playwriting stage-debut occurred in 2018, where she was featured in the Women's Voices Theater Festival. Her poem, “Broken English,” was recently published by Antenna Press. Wong is the current Associate Poetry Editor of Bayou Magazine. Originally aired on November 23rd, 2019.

Derrick Weston Brown holds an MFA in creative writing, from American University. He has studied poetry under Dr. Tony Medina at Howard University and Cornelius Eady at American University. He is a graduate of the Cave Canem and VONA Voices summer workshops. His work has appeared in such literary journals as The Little Patuxent Review, Colorlines, The This Mag, and Vinyl online. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2012.    He worked as a bookseller andbook buyer for a bookstore which is operated by the nonprofit Teaching for Change. He was thefounder of The Nine on the Ninth, a critically acclaimed monthly poetry series that ran from 2005-2015 at the 14th & V street location of Busboys and Poets. He was the 2012-2013 Writer-In-Residence of the Howard County Poetry Literary Society, of Maryland. He is also a participating DC area author for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s Writers-in-Schools program. He’s performed at such esteemed venues as The Nuyorican Poets’ Cafe and the Bowery. He has lead workshops and performed at Georgetown University, George Washington University, Sweet Briar College and Chicago State. He has appeared on Al-Jazeera and NPR as well. In May of 2014 he was also the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant. He is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and resides in Mount Rainier, Maryland. His debut collection of poetry entitled, Wisdom Teeth, was released in April 2011 on Busboys and Poets Press/PM Press. His second collection of poetry, a chapbook entitled On All Fronts , was released along with two other poetry chapbooks in a bound series from Upper Rubber Boot Press entitled Floodgates Vol.5 , this March of 2019. You can follow him on social media on Facebook and on Instagram @theoriginalDerrickWestonBrown as well as his author website DerrickWestonBrown.com

David talks writing with New Orleans-based writer Carmin Wong. Carmin is a Guyanese-born poet, playwright, and MFA student at the University of New Orleans. Often incorporating Caribbean dialect, her writing binds the essence of oral and literary traditions. As a youth, she first competed in poetry slams and readings at Lincoln Center, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Scholastic Auditorium, and later, for companies like the Shakespeare Theater Company. Her playwriting stage-debut occurred in 2018, where she was featured in the Women's Voices Theater Festival. Her poem, “Broken English,” was recently published by Antenna Press. Wong is the current Associate Poetry Editor of Bayou Magazine. Originally aired on September 19th 2019.

First Draft Episode #211: Gabby Rivera Gabby Rivera, author of Juliet Takes a Breath, which is out in hardcover on September 17, and writer of the America Chavez series for Marvel Comics. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode I couldn’t find Gabby’s first article for Bustle, but she recently wrote about love for the online outlet again, with, “The Truth About ‘Big Love’ is You’ve Got to Manifest It For Yourself.” The Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City is where Gabby discovered her creative self and explored her sexuality Artist Mahogany L. Browne, author of Black Girl Magic and Woke Baby, was the host at the Nuyorican when Gabby was finding herself there Through The New York City Latina Writers Group Gabby got the chance to work with Alicia Anabel Santos and her mentor, Vanessa Mártir, co-author of Do Something! A Handbook for Young Activists The Made in NY PA Training Program Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio Ariel Gore, writer of We Were Witches and Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 Spells, Potions, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance) reached out to Gabby when she was putting together Portland Queer, which won the LAMBDA Literary Award for best anthology The Dreamyard Project Gabby’s experience of moving back in with her parents to finish Juliet Takes a Breath is similar to the story Stephanie Garber shared about Caraval on this very podcast! Listen to Stephanie’s episode here Lori Perkins, founder of the L. Perkins Agency and Riverdale Avenue Books When Patricia Arquette accepted the Oscar for Boyhood, she stirred controversy with her speech High Art with Allie Sheedy and Gia with Angelina Jolie were some of Gabby’s first LGBT movies (and her mom’s exposure to lesbianism was The Singing Nun’s “Dominique”) Autostraddle is one of the largest lesbian source of news Roxane Gay tweeted about Juliet Takes a Breath Gabby worked at GLSEN, the LGBT education nonprofit Wil Moss and Sarah Brunstad were Gabby’s editors at Marvel Jo Volpe at New Leaf Literary Blankets by Craig Thompson was one of the first graphic novels Gabby read The quote I reference from Amy Poehler is from an episode of her “Ask Amy” series for Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls: “Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. … Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.” Some artists of color who inspire Gabby are Trinidad Escobar, author and illustrator of graphic memoir Crushed, and Lawrence Lindell, writer and illustrator of From Black Boy, With Love  Gabby was reading My Beloved World, the autobiography of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, while writing Juliet Takes a Breath Don’t miss Gabby’s TED Talk! Gabby is writing a new comic series with Boom Studios, who made Lumberjanes The Sadie Nash Leadership Project I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. You can also email the podcast at firstdraftwithsarahenni@gmail.com.  Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, New York Times bestselling author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!  

Malini chats with guest, Daniel Gallant, about arts administration, teaching online marketing resources, and finding time for his own writing.

On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Eboni Hogan about courtship: the do's and don'ts, fragile masculinity, poetry, New York City, making the transition from poetry to screenwriting, and so much more. As always you can reach us at emailthepoetrygods@gmail.com. We love to hear from you, so please drop us a line! Leave us a review on iTunes! Bring us to your college/ local hummus emporium! EBONI HOGAN BIO: Eboni Hogan is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist who has performed in over 65 U.S. cities, as well as internationally in Ghana, Germany, and Austria. She is the 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion and a Pushcart Prize nominee. After receiving her training as an actor and playwright from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, her plays "Foreign Bodies" and "30,000 Teeth" would go on to be featured at The National Black Theater of Harlem, The Living Theater, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and in The Culture Project's Women Center Stage Festival. The pilot episode of her series "The Pudding Club" is available on YouTube and a new series "Manic-Impressive" as well as a full length horror screenplay, are in development. Eboni currently freelances as a curriculum writer and side-hustles as a textile artist, crafting embroidered works of art. She hasn't received any fellowships, grants, or big-ups from HuffPost, but her kid thinks she's pretty dope. Follow Eboni Hogan on Instagram & Facebook: @ebonihogan & @the_wreckshop (for visual art) Visit Eboni's website: thewreckshoprising.com Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @_joseolivarez, @azizabarnes/ @azizabarneswriter (IG), @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Snow for making our logo)

On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to Lauren Whitehead about courting rejection, writing in multiple disciplines, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, masculinity, & much more. As always you can reach us at emailthepoetrygods@gmail.com. We love to hear from you, so please drop us a line! Leave us a review on iTunes! Bring us to your college/ local hummus emporium! LAUREN WHITEHEAD BIO: Lauren Whitehead is a writer, performer and Master of Fine Arts recipient in Dramaturgy from Columbia University where she was a Schubert Presidential Fellow and an Undergraduate Writing Teaching Fellow. Lauren has written, composed and performed two one-woman musicals. The first, Written in Blues, was presented in the Afro Solo Festival, The Left Coast Leaning Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and at DiverseWorks in Houston, Tx. An excerpt of her second one woman show, A Tribe Called Blessed, debuted at the Women Center Stage Festival (Lynn Redgrave Theater) and was featured at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Her first full length play, stunning, still was read at Naked Angels 1st Mondays Play Reading Series after a residency at Vineyard Arts Project and her second full length work, American Courage, was selected for a workshop with Crowded Outlet and will have a reading at Judson Memorial Church in January of 2018. This year, Virtuosically Invisible, her non-fiction prose manuscript was runner up in a book prized judged by Maggie Nelson and her poems have been published in Apogee, Winter Tangerine and Union Station Magazine. Lauren has performed her work in various venues around the country including The Sundance Film Festival and The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Lauren was featured on HBO's documentary, Brave New Voices and this fall, she will originate the role of Un/Sung in Opera Philadelphia's production of We Shall Not be Moved, a hybrid opera written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and directed by Bill T. Jones. Prior to that, she played the role of “Zillah” in A Bright Room Called Day (Connelly Theater). As a dramaturg, Lauren has worked in various capacities both inside and outside of the theater. She recently directed How Bodies Reclaim Light (New York Live Arts) and was playwright/adapter of Three Sisters: Tulsa 1921 (The Secret Theater). She was the assistant director of Paradox of the Urban Cliche by Craig “muMs” Grant, the festival dramaturg for The Fire This Time Festival and co-curator of the Conscious Language Festival at The Wild Project. In addition to touring with The Dialogue Arts Project, an organization that uses the arts to facilitate difficult conversations about social identity, Lauren has given a number of lectures and workshops across the country. Most recently, Lauren worked as a research assistant to Oskar Eusits at New York University in partnership with The Public Theater. Currently, Lauren teaches an Advanced Playwriting Lab at The New School and she facilitates a poetry and performance workshop at Juilliard. Follow Lauren Whitehead on Instagram : @lady_whitehead & on Twitter: @ladywhitehead Visit Lauren's website: http://www.laurenawhitehead.com/ Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @_joseolivarez, @azizabarnes/ @azizabarneswriter (IG), @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Snow for making our logo)

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk to 2016 Poets House Emerging Fellow and one of the co-founders of Project X, Noel Quiñones! We talk about Ice-T, Soulja Boy, poetry, community, and so much more! Check out the episode and let us know what you think. As always you can reach us at emailthepoetrygods@gmail.com. NOEL QUIÑONES BIO: Noel Quiñones is a writer, performer, and educator raised in the Bronx. A CantoMundo, Brooklyn Poets, and Emerging Poets Fellow at Poets House, he was most recently a member of the 2016 Bowery Poetry Slam team. He has performed at historic locations such as Lincoln Center, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and Apples and Snakes - London. His work has appeared in The Acentos Review, Pilgrimage Press, Kweli Journal, and Asymptote. Follow him @NQNino322 Follow Noel Quiñones on Twitter and Instagram: @NQNino322 Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @_joseolivarez, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Snow for making our logo)

Deardra Shuler talks to producer Rome Neal, the Artistic Theatre Director of the Nuyorican Poets Café theatre program.  Over the years he has received five Audelco Awards for his direction of Pepe Carril’s "SHANGO de IMA" and Samuel Harp’s "DON”T EXPLAIN." Mr. Neal also received two Audelcos for his acting: one for Lead Actor in Gabrielle N. Lane's "SIGNS," and one for Solo Performance in his critically acclaimed "MONK," by Laurence Holder.   Neal also received the National Black Theatre Festival's coveted Lloyd Richards Director’s Award.  His directorial credits includes his adaptation of William Shakespeare's "JULIUS CAESAR SET IN AFRICA," Sekou Sundiata's "THE CIRCLE UNBROKEN IS A HARD BOP" Amiri Baraka's "MEETING LILLIE," "SHANGO de IMA," "Prism," Ishmael Reed's "THE C ABOVE C ABOVE HIGH C" and Amiri Baraka's "PRIMITIVE WORLD: AN ANTI- NUCLEAR JAZZ MUSICAL," all performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem North Carolina.  His film acting credits include Michael Almereyda’s "HAMLET" Spike Lee’s "SUMMER OF SAM" and Leon Ichaso’s "PINERO."  Mr. Neal has a CD entitled: "A Brighter Crooner", and now his live concert "All in The Puddin'" recently released on DVD along with his "Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz Jam... A Night To Remember." His daughter Lia Neal is a member of the Stamford Women's Gold Medal Olympics Swimming Team.

Today’s guest on the show is Jeff Staple, Founder and Creative Director of Staple Design and Reed Space. In this episode we talk about 20 years of Staple Design, The Fader, superstition, Nike "Pigeon" Dunk SB Low, poker, Jeff’s 1-2-1 Series, the term Streetwear Ambassador and much much more. Please… enjoy. -- More Information about Jeff Staple Staple Design - http://www.stapledesign.com/ Staple Pigeon - https://www.staplepigeon.com/ Reed Space - http://thereedspace.com/ Skillshare - https://www.skillshare.com/jeffstaple Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeffstaple/?hl=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/jeffstaple -- Links to the Stuff they Talked About Shep Gordon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Gordon KAWS X Nike Basketball Court - http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/11/09/nike-basketball-courts-kaws-nyc/ The Fader - http://gwarizm.com/2011/02/06/the-faders-early-days-some-other-stuff/ The Fader (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PPW85n1EQ0 Nike "Pigeon" Dunk SB Low - http://www.flightclub.com/nike-dunk-low-pro-sb-medium-grey-white-dark-grey-080016 The Nike "Pigeon" Dunk Riot (Film) - http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2015/02/nike-sb-pigeon-dunk-sneaker-riot-documentary Flight Club - http://www.flightclub.com/ Marcus Tayui - http://kicksdeals.com/gallery/15-people-behind-the-scenes-who-changed-sneakers-forever/marcus-tayui/ Hiroshi Fujiwara - http://www.gq.com/story/hiroki-fujiwara-interview-nike-fragment Andy Warhol - http://www.warhol.org/ Jon Cohen & Rob Stone - http://www.thefader.com/2015/09/30/rob-stone-jon-cohen-fader-founders KIDS (film) - http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/kids-the-oral-history-of-the-most-controversial-film-of-the-nineties-20150716 Beck - http://www.beck.com/ Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def Erykah Badu - http://erykah-badu.com FAILE - http://faile.net/ 1-2-1 feat. Mike Tyson (Ep 1) - https://vimeo.com/47871992 1-2-1 feat. Mike Tyson (Ep 2) - https://vimeo.com/49363736 1-2-1 feat. Mike Tyson (Ep 3) - https://vimeo.com/56866571 1-2-1 feat. Mike Tyson (Ep 4) - https://vimeo.com/57578390 1-2-1 feat. Black Thought - https://vimeo.com/170969982 1-2-1 feat. Daniel Kasidi / Rastaclat - https://vimeo.com/142903165 1-2-1 feat. COMMON - https://vimeo.com/101933621 1-2-1 feat. RZA (Part 1) - https://vimeo.com/40181893 1-2-1 feat. RZA (Part 2) - https://vimeo.com/40185425 Futura - https://www.instagram.com/futuradosmil/?hl=en Bono - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono Marc Eckō - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Ecko The Shirt Kings - http://www.the-other.info/2014/shirtkings Shokunin - http://www.realtyninja.com/blog/the-mastery-of-ones-profession/ Handmade Portraits: The Sword Maker - https://vimeo.com/32113233 5th Platoon - http://www.cratekings.com/dj-neil-armstrongs-5th-platoon-memories/ DJ Neil Armstrong - https://djneilarmstrong.com/ A-Trak - http://atrak.com/ Angelo Baque - http://www.complex.com/style/2016/05/supreme-angelo-baque-defends-brand-customer-service Tramps - http://streetsyoucrossed.blogspot.com/2010/12/tramps-like-them.html Wetlands - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlands_Preserve Saul Williams - http://saulwilliams.com/ Avant Yard - https://myspace.com/avantyard/photos Nuyorican Poets Cafe - http://www.nuyorican.org/ Malcolm-Jamal Warner - http://www.malcolmjamalwarner.com/ Rawkus - http://www.complex.com/music/2012/08/the-50-best-rawkus-records-songs/ Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def_%26_Talib_Kweli_Are_Black_Star Shabaam Sahdeeq - http://www.shabaam-sahdeeq.com/interviews.php Common - One-Nine-Nine-Nine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Nine-Nine-Nine Soundbombing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundbombing_II This episode is sponsored by Gorilla Coffee.

Welcome to Episode 8 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk about love poems (including of one of our favorite love poems: Matthew Olzmann's "Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised As A Love Poem"), being present, and we talk to incredible poet and educator, Jive Poetic about technology, how he got started writing poems, and we get some incredible stories about the poetry scene in New York City. JIVE POETIC BIO: Jive Poetic received his BA in Media Studies from The University of Buffalo before dedicating all of his time to good poems, classic hip-hop albums, clever t-shirts, blue pitbulls and bodega sandwiches. Jive is the co-founder of both JAM ON IT POETRY and THE SOUNDBITES POETRY FESTIVAL. Currently he is the host of the Open Slam at THE NUYORICAN POETS CAFE'. When JIVE POETIC is not on tour he leads poetry and hip-hop workshops in the New York City Public School system and in various community centers throughout the TRI-STATE area. Follow Jive Poetic on twitter & instagram: @jivepoetic Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @jayohessee, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Chen for making our logo)

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we introduce a new segment: Unpopular Opinions! What don't we like? Find out & get your Twitter fingers ready! we talk to poet, educator, and historian Paul Tran! ALSO: on Wednesday, May 10th, The Poetry Gods are hosting a reading by The Breakbeat Poets at Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop. If you're in NYC, come hang out with us: http://www.berlspoetry.com/events/2016/5/11/breakbeat-poets-reading-hosted-by-the-poetry-gods-featuring-readings-by-adam-falkner-mahogany-l-browne-idris-goodwin-jos-olivarez-aziza-barnes-nate-marshall-and-special-guests PAUL TRAN BIO: Paul Tran is a Vietnamese American historian and spoken word poet. He is currently the 10th ranked slam poet and top queer Asian American poet in the world. He won “Best Poet” and “Pushing the Art Forward” at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational and represented the Nuyorican Poets Cafe at the 2015 National Poetry Slam, which placed 9th overall. He has received awards and fellowships from Kundiman, the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop, the Asian American Literary Arts & Performance Festival, Poets House Emerging Poets, the Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging LGBTQ Voices, the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, the Vermont Studio Center, Home School Miami, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, the Imagining America Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Leadership Alliance & Office of the Senior Vice Provost at Harvard University, the Creative Arts Council & Dean of the College at Brown University, and the Brown-Tougaloo College Partnership. Follow Paul on twitter & instagram: @speakdeadly Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @jayohessee, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website!)

This week Julio Diaz has responsibilities but we had the homegirl Ashley Venus @ITSASHY on Instagram came through and we talk Plan B, Tinder, and Amell?!!!! Also we talk I'm Funnier Than You 2 Coming THIS SATURDAY!!! Oct 17th, 6:30 PM at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009 Buy your tickets here $10.00 http://www.nuyorican.org/event/974405-im-funnier-than-you-2-new-york/ Also now on iTuness!!! Rate Comment and Subscribe. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tjsquared/id1045060500?mt=2

Lemon Andersen is a Tony Award winning playwright, poet and spoken word artist. Frequently featured on HBO's Def Poetry over the course of six seasons, he also starred in the original cast of Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, which earned him a Tony Award and Drama Desk nomination. As a spoken word artist, he's performed to sold-out crowds at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Apollo Theater, Chicago Theater, and Hollywood’s Kodak Theater; and his one-man show County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle had a critically acclaimed off-Broadway run at the Public Theater. On the big screen Lemon appeared in The Soloist with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, and he's made four movies with Spike Lee, including Sucker Free City, She Hate Me, Miracle at St. Anna and Inside Man. His 2011 TED Talk: Please don't take my Air Jordans won him widespread attention and praise. As a playwright, Lemon's new play ToasT is a tribute to the black oral narrative tradition of 'toasting', and takes place at Attica prison right before the 1971 uprising. The play has been commissioned by the Sundance Institute and will open at the Public Theater for a limited run on April 21st. For tickets, visit publictheater.com In this conversation, Lemon talks about growing up in poverty, and how PBS and a ballet program opened up a world of possibilities to him as a kid; why prison was the beginning of his training as a poet, the real life characters who inspired his new play ToasT and the importance of having creative control over one's work.

Dan Gallant journey from running zero budget productions to reviving the 40 year old Nuyorican's Poets Cafe brand, which helped launch Rosie Perez, Scarlet Johansson, and John Leguizamos to raise $6.9M. Read more→ Attn: poets, writers, word lovers Book of Rhymes on Kickstarter - 60,000 rhyming combos, 13 yrs in making, rhyme really hard words like orange with slant and family rhymes

Tyson has been called an actor's, actor.  Learning stage at The Harlem School of the Arts under James Pringle.  His passion for the stage grew and later he was introduced to Rome Neal who gave Hall a residency at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.  There he performed in plays written by Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed just to name a few.  Hall worked on several independent films during the early stages of his career.  The recognition from Susan Smith of Hopkins, Smith and Barden lead to him being casted in the movie "Paid In Full", Directed by Charles Stone lll, plus American Gangster and Kite.  With endless appearances in Law & Order, The Wire and Oz - just to name a few - Tyson Hall has much to say! Tune in 7pm Sunday with host Nadine Michel

MCMI RADIO: Real Hip Hop. Real Talk. hosted by GMS & LR Blitzkrieg Friday nights. on #6thManRadio Tonight we are talking with Gaston (of Wiseguy & Gaston) and Kevin "DJ Organic" Fitzgerald about his documetary film FREESTYLE: The Art of Rhyme, which is now available on iTunes, DVD and a Blu Ray is in the works. Tomorrow, Saturday July 20th is a screening of the film at the NUYORICAN POETS CAFE in NYC, hosted by Wiseguy & Gaston, with an OPEN MIC for MC's who want to spit, whether written or off the top, over a drummer and a DJ. @GMS_MCMI @LR_Blitzkrieg @MCMIreport MCMIreport.com  

  Please join host Robert Fisher for a stimulating and informative chat with Carol Diehl- painter, poet, and Art critic. Carol is, among her many interests, a contributing editor for Art in America, has published in ARTnews, Metropolis, and many other publications. She has read poetry at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, has been a visitng artist at, among other, the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Iowa, and the Massachusetts College of Art. Her paintings have been exhibited at, among others, the Queens Museum of Art, the Aldrich Museum, and the Sidney Janis gallery. www.CarolDiehl.com    

In this episode Bert Bocachica and Elias Gonzalez interview Poet and Spoken Word artist from Brooklyn, NY; "THEE APPRENTICE". Find out why he chose the art of poetry to do ministry and also find out what his true ministry passions are. Thee Apprentice can be seen ministering at many mainstream clubs and slams around the tri-state area, most notably, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Watch the entire interview for a glimpse of one of his live performances as well a live piece live on Rap Fest Radio. Follow Thee Apprentice on twitter via @thee1apprentice Follow Rap Fest Radio on twitter via @rapfestradio Follow I Am Unyc on twitter via @iamunyc [audio:http://hcrpodcast.com/podcasts/rapfestradio/Rapfestradio_02042013.mp4] Listen to Holy Culture Radio via iTunes Playlist: Song:: "Illogical" by: Skrip feat: Social Club and Alex Medina Video: "Constant" by: Thee Apprentice Music Video: "Smoke and Mirrors" by: No Malice feat: Ab-Liva The post [podcast.] Rap Fest Radio: 132 - "Thee Apprentice" appeared first on HolyCulture.net.

We have a prerecorded interview with David Roach, Executive Director and Founder of the Oakland International Film Festival, kicking off its 10th Annual Festival, Apr. 6-8, 2012 at the Oakland Museum of CA in Oakland, 10th and Oak. Visit www.oiff.org  We open with a conversation with Javier Reyes, poet, playwright, activist who is bringing his lastest work and collaboration to the Bay Area for one night before the company heads for New York (smile). His Each One Reach One & Urban Healing Tour Present "Toy Soldierz," a joint collaboration to raise funds for Bay Area Youth Theater programs on Monday, April 9, 2012, doors open at 7, show 8-11 p.m. at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, will showcase UHT's critically acclaimed multi-media, hip-hop theater production "Toy Soldierz." UHT will be showcasing One Act Plays written by incarcerated youth working through EORO's award winning theater programs. Youth poets from "Youth Guidance Center Integrational Center perform as well. Proceeds from the show help fund travel to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in May "Toy Soldierz." To Purchase tickets, please go to http://www.thefreight.org/urban-healing-tour-presents-toy-soldierz  Tickets are half price for patrons under 25 years old. Music Animals as Leaders "Tempting Time" & New Song," 8/26/2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RYBH3QoIAE&feature=related