Poetry
Improving Philly writers with poetry slam-turned game show
An effort at the Community College of Philadelphia to use slam poetry to help improve students' writing skills has become an Emmy-nominated reality TV-style game show.
9 years ago
Listen 1:43NewsWorks Tonight September 25, 2017 – Full Show
Dana DiFilippo reports a local ministry student has been cleared after a case of mistaken identity. Kevin McCorry reports on Pennsylvan ...
Air Date: September 25, 2017
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Local youth poet honored for work exploring African and African-American identity
So how does a local kid become one of the nation’s top youth poets? In Juliet Lubwama’s case, the journey started with ...
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New poet laureate Tracy K. Smith
Guest: Tracy K. Smith TRACY K. SMITH ...
Air Date: July 21, 2017
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Princeton poet’s debut novel features disappearing ‘translator superhero’
“Ways to Disappear” by Idra Novey, a poet, translator, and lecturer in creative writing at Princeton University, is a genre- ...
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With three generations under one roof, Lao and English merge to form a third language
Catzie Vilayphonh is a Philadelphia-based spoken word artist who focuses on the preservation of Lao culture and history among area refuge ...
11 years ago
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