Poetry

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Folk Espresso - Friends and Strangers

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am

Produced for: Folk Espresso

Join host Jonathan Lay for songs and tunes on the theme of friends and strangers. It's a rich blend of select folk music, carefully prepared and served up to invigorate your day. Artists in this episode include: Terri Grayum & Gwen Thomas; John Gorka; Jon Bartlett & Rika R... Read more

Jerry Foster of Passinart Theatre Company

Airs at: Thu, 08/10/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Passinart's most ambitious event of the year, the Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural Readers Series & Film Festival, is sure to bring new talents to the stage and screen. Check them out! Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/06/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

Commemorating the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Read more

Open The Door(s) PT 1

Airs at: Tue, 08/01/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: Vinyl Pajama Party

Imani Muhammad of Youth Organized United To Help

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Imani Muhammad is a local nonprofit founder and director who works with kids and families. She is a past winner of The Skanner News Group Drum Major for Justice Award for civil rights, founder of the Portland Youth Summit, small business owner, basketball coach, lifestyle a... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 06/18/23

Airs at: Sun, 06/18/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee

On this episode we consider various perspectives on fatherhood--from The Winstons to the reconstructed ancient etymological oath carried in the verbal vessel of the word that eventually became father, *ph₂tḗr, to the rifts and bridges that each dyad contains. We'll h... Read more

Talking Earth with Kevin Sampsell and Chrys Tobey: June 19, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Talking Earth

Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features local writers Kevin Sampsell and Chrys Tobey. Kevin Sampsell discusses his recent book of collage and poetry, I Made an Accident, while Chrys Tobey reads poems from her book a woman is a woman is a woman is a woman from 2017 as w... Read more

Talking Earth: Minto, Cowley and Brings Plenty, May 15, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Talking Earth

This episode of The Talking Earth on KBOO, hosted by dan raphael, features local poets Nashtashia Minto, Trevino Brings Plenty and Ulric Cowley. Dan will also read poems by Alice Notley and Rita Dove. Nastashia Minto is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The... Read more

Zaji Cox, author of Plums for Months: A Memoir of Nature and Neurodivergence

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

We're back again in the KBOO studios with guest Zaji Cox, author of the new book Plums for Months: Memories of a wonder-filled, neurodivergent childhood, from Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. Zaji’s been writing fiction since her first short story at the age of nine. She we... Read more