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Nina Elizabeth Ball poses for a photo in front of the Sanctuary Exhibit at AAMP.
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Respect on her name: AAMP’s new director of programming has deep roots in activism and the arts

Poet Nina Elizabeth Ball taps into her love for the arts as director of programming and education at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP).

1 month ago

Anthony Mohamed performs at Camden's IDEA Center
Arts & Entertainment

Camden’s IDEA Center celebrates National Poetry Month by honoring late poets

Jazz on Market in Camden celebrates the late Sandra Turner-Barnes and Lamont Dixon and their artistic contributions. It’s the first event at their new Market Street home.

3 months ago

Operatic soprano Angel Blue rehearses with the Philadelphia Orchestra for a performance of ''This Is Not a Small Voice.'' The poem by Sonia Sanchez was put to music by Valerie Coleman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Sonia Sanchez poem ‘This is Not A Small Voice’ is now a piece of orchestral music

Composer Valerie Coleman said the words of Sanchez’s poem about the innocence of Black children naturally translated to notes for a new work by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

5 months ago

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Philly’s new poet laureate wants to bring poetry to the public

Airea D. Matthews’ road to honored poet was a winding one, having left behind a career in the business world to pursue her art.

6 months ago

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Sonia Sanchez wins $250,000 prize for lifetime achievement

Poet, educator, and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

9 months ago

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Moonstone mounts 6-day poetry reading marathon with 300 poets

Larry Robin will publish the 25th anniversary edition of the annual anthology Poetry Ink, and stage a marathon poetry reading event via Zoom to celebrate.

11 months ago

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Spoken Wordsmiths: Celebrating Philly’s poets

WHYY convened and celebrated Philadelphia’s spoken wordsmiths by amplifying their works and exploring their inspirations in a Community Conversation.

1 year ago

Fatemeh Shams
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Regional Roundup – 05/03/21

This week; consolidating Pa.'s universities, the potential for Pa. to lose a congressional seat, and Persian poet Fatemeh Shams.

Air Date: May 3, 2021 12:00 am

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The work of the Twin Poets Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Al Mills was celebrated at Delaware State University's Art and Activism event as part of its commemoration of Black History Month. (screengrab/DSU)
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Delaware’s Twin Poets mix art and activism at DSU seminar

The twin-brother team that makes up Delaware’s poets laureate help students discover “the heart that art brings into our lives.”

1 year ago

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The Urgency of Now: A Spoken Word Experience

WHYY convened Black poets from Camden, Pennsauken, and Willingboro to explore the urgency of now.

1 year ago

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew."

1 year ago

Philadelphia jazz musician Micah Graves
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Regional Roundup – 01/18/21

This week we listen back to Mary's interview with poet Ariea D. Matthews, Anton Moore, executive producer of "The Wight of Death," and musician Micah Graves.

Air Date: January 18, 2021 10:00 am

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10 Philly authors read about revolution in year-end fundraiser film

Literary collective Blue Stoop is surviving the pandemic by focusing on the local community.

2 years ago

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Regional Roundup – 10/26/20

This week; the Health Department gives us some trick-or-treating guidelines, voting rights for people with dementia, and poet Airea D. Matthews.

Air Date: October 26, 2020 10:00 am

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