/tags/poetry Poetry en-US Copyright Fri, 10 May 2024 12:26:39 GMT /arts-culture/2024-05-10/shirlette-ammons-interview-spectacles-north-carolina-prince-hodge With her latest album, "Spectacles," Shirlette Ammons talks about what it means to gaze versus being gazed at, the influence of her eastern North Carolina roots and her collaborators in Durham, paying homage to Prince and how a path to a better future is to "trouble" important issues. Fri, 10 May 2024 12:26:39 GMT /arts-culture/2024-05-10/shirlette-ammons-interview-spectacles-north-carolina-prince-hodge Eric Hodge /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2023-12-04/nc-piedmont-poet-laureate-dasan-ahanu-on-his-journey-to-a-rebellion Each summer, youth reporters are tasked with telling stories from their community. Alani Rouse passed the mic to NC Piedmont Poet Laureate Dasan Ahanu as he reflected on his poetic journey, his role as an educator and his new book. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:30:00 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2023-12-04/nc-piedmont-poet-laureate-dasan-ahanu-on-his-journey-to-a-rebellion Alani Rouse /arts-culture/2023-05-26/poetry-cafe-radio-show-debut-wunc-interview-thompson The Poetry Café, a long-running showcase for poets and spoken word artists, is coming to ��������վ for a weekly show beginning Sunday at 6 p.m. Fri, 26 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-05-26/poetry-cafe-radio-show-debut-wunc-interview-thompson Eric Hodge /military/2021-12-07/for-these-veterans-poetry-and-prose-help-treat-the-moral-injury-of-war In Kansas City, the Moral Injury Association of America sponsors a writing group that’s worked with thousands of veterans and family members since 2014. Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:06:42 GMT /military/2021-12-07/for-these-veterans-poetry-and-prose-help-treat-the-moral-injury-of-war Anne Kniggendorf /2021-04-26/hbcu-trivia-night-astrology-horror-and-local-history Online HBCU Trivia Night returns May 12th at 7pm! Categories include: astrology, horror, global slang, cereal box lore and, as always, we celebrate Black history 365. Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:42:30 GMT /2021-04-26/hbcu-trivia-night-astrology-horror-and-local-history /arts-culture/2020-12-21/all-the-songs-we-sing-a-celebration-of-north-carolinas-black-writers Twenty-five years ago, renowned poet Lenard D. Moore invited a group of his peers into his basement for a session of writing critique. That monthly… Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:19:46 GMT /arts-culture/2020-12-21/all-the-songs-we-sing-a-celebration-of-north-carolinas-black-writers Josie Taris, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-12-21/all-the-songs-we-sing-a-celebration-of-north-carolinas-black-writers Twenty-five years ago, renowned poet Lenard D. Moore invited a group of his peers into his basement for a session of writing critique. That monthly… Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:19:46 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-12-21/all-the-songs-we-sing-a-celebration-of-north-carolinas-black-writers Josie Taris, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2020-06-19/juneteenth-celebrates-the-ongoing-fight-for-black-liberation Jaki Shelton Green joins us on her birthday to discuss “the wind of freedom” which billows through the North Carolina poet laureate’s new album of verse… Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:29:52 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-19/juneteenth-celebrates-the-ongoing-fight-for-black-liberation Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-19/juneteenth-celebrates-the-ongoing-fight-for-black-liberation Jaki Shelton Green joins us on her birthday to discuss “the wind of freedom” which billows through the North Carolina poet laureate’s new album of verse… Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:29:52 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-19/juneteenth-celebrates-the-ongoing-fight-for-black-liberation Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-06-05/do-the-work-then-write-a-poem-about-it-an-nc-poets-take-on-poetry-and-activism Writing poetry in this moment of civil unrest is not much different than writing poetry at any other time in American history, according to Hausson Byrd.… Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:15:33 GMT /arts-culture/2020-06-05/do-the-work-then-write-a-poem-about-it-an-nc-poets-take-on-poetry-and-activism Josie Taris, Frank Stasio